1. Wesley Eugene Fesler was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and basketball.
18 Facts About Wes Fesler
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Wes Fesler was a three-sport athlete at Ohio State University and a consensus first-team selection to the College Football All-America Team three straight years.
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At Ohio State, Fesler was a member of both Pi Kappa Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa, earning a total of nine varsity letters in baseball, basketball, and football.
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Wes Fesler was a charter inductee in the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1977.
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Wes Fesler primarily played end and was a consensus first-team All-America selection in 1928 and 1929 and a unanimous first-team All-America selection in 1930.
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Wes Fesler was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.
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Wes Fesler was the basketball captain as a junior in the spring of 1930, and the football captain as a senior in the Autumn of that year.
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Wes Fesler was Ohio State's first consensus first-team All-America selection in basketball in 1931.
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Wes Fesler ignored interest from teams of the National Football League and instead pursued a career in coaching.
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Wes Fesler began his coaching career as an assistant to his Ohio State football coach, Sam Willaman, in 1931 and 1932.
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In 1933, Wes Fesler accepted an offer from Harvard University as head coach of the basketball team and backfield coach of the football team.
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In 1941, Fesler accepted an offer from Wesleyan University to be the head coach of their football team.
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In 1945, Wes Fesler accepted an offer from Princeton as head basketball coach and assistant football coach.
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Wes Fesler later became the head football coach at the University of Pittsburgh in 1946.
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Wes Fesler resigned on December 9,1950, citing "excessive pressure for winning football games".
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Wes Fesler developed the talents of 1950 Heisman Trophy winner Vic Janowicz at Ohio State and two-time Big Ten MVP Paul Giel at Minnesota.
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Wes Fesler had a stronger record as a football coach than as a basketball coach.
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Wes Fesler died on July 30,1989, at the Palm Terrace Rest Home in Laguna Hills, California.