Warren E. Steller (October 8, 1897 – August 6, 1974) was an

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, and

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player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Bowling Green State Normal School—now known as

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—from 1924 to 1934, compiling a record of 40–21–19. Steller was also the head basketball coach at

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in 1922–23 and at Bowling Green in 1924–25, tallying a career

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mark of 18–12. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Wesleyan in 1923 and at Bowling Green in 1925 and again from 1928 to 1959, amassing a career

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record of 228–164. Steller attended

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, where he played football, basketball, and baseball, and is considered one of the finest athletes ever to play for the Yeoman. In 1921, the Oberlin football team beat

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, 7–6, the last time an intrastate opponent beat Ohio State. Steller scored the winning touchdown. In 1965, Bowling Green renamed its baseball stadium Warren E. Steller Field in dedication to the former coach.

Playing career

In 1921, Oberlin's football team beat

, 7–6, at

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. The Ohio State team had gone to the Rose Bowl the previous season. That was the last time an intrastate team beat Ohio State. Steller scored the winning touchdown after the team made an 85-yard march down the field in the third quarter, culminating in a short pass across the goal line and a point-after. Ohio State's coach,

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, was so upset by the loss that he made his squad stay on the field after the game for a special practice session.When Oberlin Was King of The Gridiron: the Heisman Years by Nat Brandt
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Coaching career

Steller's 1944 baseball team at Bowling Green was Ohio college champions.

Head coaching record

Football

References

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