Lyman Beecher Eaton (May 3, 1874 – December 1, 1897) was an American

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 ...

player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky for one season in 1897. A four-year letter winner at the University of Cincinnati, Eaton arrived at Kentucky one day before their first game. The team, frustrated by a lack of practice time, protested for 10 days in the middle of the season. Eaton left Kentucky after one dismal season with the intent of continuing his education at the Cincinnati medical college. On November 30, 1897, the second day of studies, he was severely injured trying to jump onto a streetcar on Main Street in Cincinnati. His right leg was broken and his hip dislocated. He was taken to the home of his mother in Hartwell, where he died from a blood clot the next day.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eaton, Lyman 1874 births 1897 deaths 19th-century players of American football Cincinnati Bearcats football players Kentucky Wildcats football coaches Road incident deaths in Ohio