Ray Keeler
Raymond Monroe "Tubby" Keeler (April 24, 1891[1] – November 8, 1945) was an American football player and coach.
.png) Keeler from Wisconsin's 1914 yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 24, 1891 Bagley, Wisconsin |
| Died | November 8, 1945 (aged 54) Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
| Playing career | |
| 1912–1914 | Wisconsin |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1917–1929 | Wisconsin State Teachers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 45–24–15 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 WIAC (1917, 1919, 1927) | |
| Awards | |
| Consensus All-American, 1913 | |
Keeler attended the University of Wisconsin, where he played for the Wisconsin Badgers football team and was selected as a consensus first-team honoree at the guard position on the 1913 College Football All-America Team.[2] He was six feet tall and weighed 185 pounds during the 1913 season.[3] He also competed on the Wisconsin track team in the shot put and hammer throw events.[4]
Keeler later served as the head football coach at the Wisconsin State Teachers College—later renamed the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse—from 1917 to 1929. In 13 years as the head football coach, Keeler's teams won three conference championships and compiled a record of 45 wins, 24 losses, and 15 ties.[5][6]
Keeler died of a heart attack while visiting Eau Claire, Wisconsin.[7]
References
- Draft registration card dated June 5, 1917, for Ray Monroe Keeler, born April 24, 1891, at Bagley, Wisconsin, employed as athletic coach at the Normal School in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line].
- "2012 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2012. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- 1914 University of Wisconsin yearbook, p. 234.
- University of Wisconsin yearbook, 1915, p. 272 (listing Raymond Monroe Wheeler as a letter winner for the track team in the shot put and hammer throw).
- Thomas Marshall (August 1967). "The Development of Football at Wisconsin State University - La Crosse" (PDF). Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin. p. 17.
- Don Kopriva, Jim Mott (2014). On Wisconsin!: A Celebration of Football, Basketball, and Other Badger Sports. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. p. 30. ISBN 1613213425.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- "Heart Attack Takes Life of La Crosse Man". Eau Claire Leader. November 8, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved September 18, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
