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William Odlin (April 5, 1865 – May 1929) was an American lawyer and college football coach. He served as the head coach at Brown in 1893. Odlin was born on April 5, 1865 in Laconia, New Hampshire. He attended boarding school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.〔(Notable Alumni: Long List: 1800s ), Phillips Academy, retrieved June 20, 2010.〕 He continued his education at Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1890.〔 Odlin is credited with reviving interest in football at the college. As John Henry Bartlett put it in his book, ''Dartmouth Athletics'': "The Rugby game, started and grown moderately popular under Clarence Howland, had become almost obsolete at Dartmouth by '86, when Odlin entered college, and his laborious efforts to place it on a firm footing entitle him to a foremost place in the history of athletics at Dartmouth. He labored against the general sentiment of the college, the frowns of the faculty and a lack of experienced material, but the fruition of his labors was seen in the great championship team of '89, of which he was captain."〔John Henry Bartlett, (''Dartmouth Athletics: A Complete History of All Kinds of Sports at the College'' ), p. 307, Republican Press Association, 1893.〕 Odlin played on the football team as a fullback,〔Bartlett, p. 214〕 and served as its captain for four years, from 1886 to 1889.〔(Season by Season Results ), Dartmouth College, retrieved June 20, 2010.〕 Upon graduation, he continued on to study law, which he practiced in Boston with the firm Odlin & Ruggles.〔 In 1893, he took over as the head coach of the Brown University football team. He served in that position for one season and amassed a 6–3 record.〔(All-Time Coaching Records: William Odlin ), College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 20, 2010.〕 Odlin died in May 1929.〔(Obituary ), ''The New York Times'', May 12, 1929.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Odlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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