Robert Wade Barnwell (January 1, 1916 – September 19, 1985) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

and

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coach. He served as the head football coach at

Western Illinois University Western Illinois University (WIU) is a public university in Macomb, Illinois. It was founded in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. As the normal school grew, it became Western Illinois State Teachers College. History Western Illin ...

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for one season, in 1944 season, compiling a record of 0–8. Barnwell was also the head basketball coach at Western Illinois from 1943 to 1946, tallying a mark of 24–22. Barnwell attended

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and

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Teachers' College prior to coming to Western Illinois. Barnwell died in 1985.

Head coaching record

Football

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* 1916 births 1985 deaths Basketball coaches from Missouri Western Illinois Leathernecks football coaches Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball coaches University of Missouri alumni Sportspeople from Springfield, Missouri {{1940s-collegefootball-coach-stub