Walter R. Okeson

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Walter R. Okeson
Career information

Date of birth:	(1875-10-03)October 3, 1875
Place of birth:	Port Royal, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of death:	November 4, 1943(1943-11-04) (aged 68)
Place of death:	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
Position(s):	End
Organizations
As coach:
1897 1900 1901	Latrobe Athletic Association Lehigh Lehigh (assistant)
As player:
1897 1898	Latrobe Athletic Association Duquesne Country & A. C.
Career highlights and awards
College coaching record: 10-6 Professional coaching record: 10-2-1 All-Western Pennsylvania team (1897) W. Pennsylvania champion (1898) Played in first Pro Football All-Star Game (1898)

Walter Raleigh Okeson (October 3, 1875 – November 4, 1943)^[1] was the eighth head football coach for the Lehigh Mountain Hawks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and he held that position for the 1900 season. His overall coaching record at Lehigh was 5 wins, 6 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 17th at Lehigh in terms of total wins and 15th at Lehigh in terms of winning percentage.^[2]

Okeson was also an All-American end at Lehigh University. In 1897 he was a player-coach for the Latrobe Athletic Association and led the team to a 10-2-1 record. He was later named to the "All Western Pennsylvania Team" by the Pittsburgh Times after the season. In 1898, he played for the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club. At the end of that season, Okeson played for Duquesne against the 1898 Western Pennsylvania All-Star football team, formed by Latrobe manager Dave Berry.^[3]^[4]^[5] Duquesne would go on to win the game 16-0.

References

↑
↑ Lehigh Coaching Records
↑ "The First All-Star Game". Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association) 1 (1): 1–9. 1979.
↑ Van Atta, Robert (1980). "Latrobe, PA: Cradle of Pro Football". Coffin Corner (Professional Football Researchers Association) 2 (Annual): 1–21.
↑ Last Hurrah in Allegheny. Professional Football Researchers Association. 1980. pp. 1–3.

v t e Latrobe Athletic Association head coaches

Aukerman Brallier Okeson Bull Knight Brallier

Lehigh Engineers / Mountain Hawks head football coaches

No coach (1884–1891)
John A. Hartwell (1892)
Harmon S. Graves (1893)
William Heffelfinger (1894)
Laurie Bliss (1895)
L. N. Morris (1896)
Samuel M. Hammond (1897)
Samuel Huston Thompson (1898–1899)
Walter R. Okeson (1900)
J. W. H. Pollard (1901)
Samuel B. Newton (1902–1905)
Byron W. Dickson (1906–1909)
Howard R. Reiter (1910–1911)
Tom Keady (1912–1920)
Frank Glick (1921)
James A. Baldwin (1922–1924)
Percy L. Wendell (1925–1927)
A. Austin Tate (1928–1933)
Glen Harmeson (1934–1941)
George Hoban (1942)
Leo Prendergast (1943–1945)
William Leckonby (1946–1961)
Mike Cooley (1962–1964)
Frederick Dunlap (1965–1975)
John Whitehead (1976–1985)
Hank Small (1986–1993)
Kevin Higgins (1994–2000)
Pete Lembo (2001–2005)
Andy Coen (2006– )

Persondata
Name	Okeson, Walter R.
Alternative names	Okeson, W. R.
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	October 3, 1875
Place of birth	Port Royal, Pennsylvania
Date of death	November 4, 1943
Place of death	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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