Evans Woollen (November 28, 1864 – May 20, 1942) was an American lawyer, banker, political figure, and

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coach.

Education, coaching career, and banking career

Woollen graduated from

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in 1886 with a bachelor's degree and received a master's degree from Yale in 1889. In 1886 he taught the first

Wabash College Wabash College is a private liberal arts men's college in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Founded in 1832 by several Dartmouth College graduates and Midwestern leaders, it enrolls nearly 900 students. The college offers an undergraduate liberal arts cur ...

football team how to play the game. In 1889 he served as head coach at

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. His career

record is 2–2–1. In 1912, Woollen founded the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company.

Political career

Woolen ran unsuccessfully for the

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in 1896 and the

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in 1926. Woollen was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the United States presidential election of 1928, in which he won only his own state of Indiana and failed to capture the nomination.

Head coaching record

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