Wallace Simon Moyle (May 14, 1867 – September 10, 1920) was an American

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player and coach. He served as the head coach at

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, Dartmouth, and

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. Moyle attended

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, where he played football as an

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. He graduated in 1891, and then took over as the head football coach at

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. Moyle served in that position for two years and amassed a record of 7–16–1.All-Time Coaching Records by Year: Wallace S. Moyle
, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 20, 2010. In 1893, Moyle became the first "all-season head coach" at

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and posted a 9–7 record during his two-year tenure.''2009 Football Media Guide''
p. 107, Dartmouth College, 2009. The Indians' losses to Harvard, 16–0, and Yale, 28–0, were seen as evidence of improvement under Moyle. By comparison, Yale had routed Dartmouth, 113–0, in 1884, which marked the beginning of the so-called "Yale jinx". Dartmouth was awarded the Triangular Football Conference championship in both years of Moyle's tenure.Dartmouth Championships
, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 20, 2010. In 1895, Moyle moved on to

Brown University Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...

, where he amassed an 18–15–2 record over three years as head coach.

Head coaching record

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