| File:William Arthur Goebel.png Goebel, c. 1910 | |
| Yale Bulldogs — No. | |
| Guard | Graduate |
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| Date of birth: June 24, 1887 | |
| Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio | |
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| College(s): Yale (1907–1909) | |
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*National championship (1907, 1909)
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William Arthur Goebel (June 24, 1887 – February 15, 1960) was an American football player. He played college football at Yale University and was a consensus selection at the guard position on the 1908 College Football All-America Team.
Gilman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1887. He was the son of Justus Goebel, the owner of a wholesale and retail carpet business known as Lowry & Goebel. Goebel received his preparatory education at Union High School in Phoenix, Arizona, and in private studies in Cincinnati. He attended college at Yale University, where he was a member of the football, track and wrestling teams. As a guard for the Yale Bulldogs football team, he was a consensus first-team selection for the 1908 College Football All-America Team.[1] He also won wrestling championships in 1907 and 1909 and was elected president of the Wrestling Association during his senior year. He was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon while at Yale.[2]
He died in 1960 and was buried at the Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky.[3]
References[]
- ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ↑ Robert Dudley French, ed. (1910). History of the Class of 1910 Yale College. Yale University. p. 160.
- ↑ "William Arthur Goebel". Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114197075. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
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