James Bentley Wilson (July 8, 1896 – September 25, 1986) 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 with ...

player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the

University at Buffalo The State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly called the University at Buffalo (UB) and sometimes called SUNY Buffalo, is a public research university with campuses in Buffalo and Amherst, New York. The university was founded in 1846 ...

from 1932 to 1933 and again from 1950 to 1951 and at

Canisius College Canisius College is a private Jesuit college in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1870 by Jesuits from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. Canisius offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and minors, and around 34 master's ...

from 1939 to 1942 and again from 1948 to 1949, compiling a career

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

record of 40–30–7.

Head coaching record

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* 1896 births 1986 deaths American football ends Buffalo All-Americans players Buffalo Bulls football coaches Canisius Golden Griffins football coaches Cornell Big Red football players Sportspeople from Buffalo, New York Coaches of American football from New York (state) Players of American football from Buffalo, New York {{1930s-collegefootball-coach-stub