Lewis Armstrong Yeager,
first name sometimes spelled Louis (September 10, 1878 – December 10, 1906) was an
American football
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coach He was the seventh head football coach at
West Virginia University
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in
Morgantown, West Virginia
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, serving for two seasons, in 1899 and 1901 to 1902, compiling a record of 5–5.
Yeager died suddenly in 1906 of heart disease.
He is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown.
Head coaching record
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1878 births
1906 deaths
West Virginia Mountaineers football coaches
Burials at Oak Grove Cemetery (Morgantown, West Virginia)
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