Alfred E. Bull

Alfred E. Bull (c. 1867 – January 20, 1930) was an American football player and coach and rower. He played football University of Pennsylvania and was selected as a center to the 1895 College Football All-America Team. Bull later served as the head football coach at the University of Iowa (1896), Georgetown University (1900), and Lafayette College (1903–1907), compiling a career college football record of 49–12–7.

College playing career
Bull attended the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with a degree in dentistry. He played football for the Penn Quakers and was named to the All-American team in 1895. During a game between Penn and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Bull faced off against All-American and early professional footballer Bemus Pierce. Bull and Pierce faced each other on the line throughout the game, and on a play late in the game Pierce knocked Bull to the ground, and the play went over him. After the play, Pierce, who was a Native American, cried out to the Penn players, "Look, look at Sitting Bull." Bull also rowed for the Penn crew.

Coaching and professional playing career
After graduating from Penn, Bull served as head football coach at Iowa, Georgetown, and Lafayette, compiling a record of 49–12–7 in a career that lasted from 1896 to 1907. Bull's 1896 Iowa team won the first conference title in school history. He also played quarterback and served as the coach for the Latrobe Athletic Association in 1898.

Later life
Bull spent the last thirty years of his life from 1900 to 1930 practicing dentistry in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.