William Stephen Wasmund was an American football player and coach.
10 Facts About Billy Wasmund
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Billy Wasmund's father, Lebrecht Wasmund, was a stone contractor born in Germany.
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Billy Wasmund attended Lafayette College where he played fullback for the school's college football team for two years.
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Billy Wasmund transferred to Michigan where Yost developed him into a quarterback.
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Billy Wasmund was the Wolverines' starting quarterback for three years, from 1907 to 1909.
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In 1910, the University of Texas asked Yost to recommend a coach for the Texas varsity football team, and Billy Wasmund was hired on Yost's recommendation.
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On October 1,1911, six days before the opening game of the 1911 season, Billy Wasmund fell from the second-story window of the apartment where he was living near the University of Texas campus.
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Billy Wasmund was rendered unconscious by the fall and received bruises to his hands, arms and hips, a deep gash on the forehead and deep cuts on both legs.
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Billy Wasmund regained consciousness Sunday afternoon, but died three days after his fall.
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Billy Wasmund was known to be a somnambulist, and it is thought that he walked through the window while sleep-walking.