Silas McBee "Sike" Williams (June 9, 1888 – December 8, 1944) was an American

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player and coach as well as a

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Sewanee

Williams was a prominent end for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee:The University of the South, selected second-team for its All-Time football team, He stood 5'9" and weighed 150 pounds.

1909

Williams was selected All-Southern and

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of the SIAA champion 1909 team.

Harvard

He also attended

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, receiving his

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in 1913.

Law school football

There in a game of all-stars from Michigan, Sewanee, and Vanderbilt against

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, including Germany Schulz at center and Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin at left guard, Williams played on Harvard's team against his former quarterback Chigger Browne. That game ended in a scoreless tie. A second game was played between Harvard Law School and a different "All-Southern" team. Williams scored the only points in the 5 to 0 victory when he ran in a touchdown off a Stephen Galatti pass.

Chattanooga

Williams served as the head football coach at the University of Chattanooga—now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga—from 1919 to 1921, compiling a record of 10–15–2.

Death

Williams died on December 8, 1944, at the Robert Fulton Hotel in Atlanta, after suffering a heart attack.

Head coaching record

References

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