Wallace Charles Winter Sr. (August 8, 1872 – May 10, 1947) was an American

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player and coach. He played tackle at

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from 1890 to 1892 and was selected to the

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. After graduating from Yale, Winter became a competitive golfer. Winter served as the head football coach at the

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for the 1893 Golden Gophers season, leading the team to a 6–0 overall record including a 3–0 mark in

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league play. He was known for working the players extremely hard, to the point that "they considered the actual games to be breathers compared to the scrimmages." but agreed to the conditions as long as he could act as the referee. Winters's son, Wallace C. Winter Jr., was a back for the Yale football team, but quit the team to serve as an aviator in France during

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. The younger Winter was killed in action in March 1918 while flying behind enemy lines in Germany. Winter had earlier been reported missing, but survived that episode to receive the Croix de Guerre in Feb 1917.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Winter, Wallace C. 1872 births 1947 deaths 19th-century players of American football American football tackles Minnesota Golden Gophers football coaches Yale Bulldogs football players All-American college football players People from Hudson, Wisconsin