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.
 Goebel, c. 1910 | |
| Yale Bulldogs | |
|---|---|
| Position | Guard |
| Class | Graduate |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 24, 1887 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died: | February 15, 1960 (aged 72) |
| Career history | |
| College | Yale (1907–1909) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Goebel 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.
References
edit- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ Robert Dudley French, ed. (1910). History of the Class of 1910 Yale College. Yale University. p. 160.
