The Warner Brothers of Football

One of the top experts in early football rules history Timothy P. Brown joins us on the discussion to celebrate Pop Warner to give some input on his brother Bill, a famous gridiron coach and player in his own right.. Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com has a daily football factoid that he shares that are really quite interesting in a short read. They preserve football history in a very unique way and we are quite happy that Tim has agreed to join us each week to go over some of his Today's Tidbits. Click that link and you can subscribe for free to receive them yourself each evening.

Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com shares a daily football factoid that is interesting in a short read. They uniquely preserve football history, and we are quite happy that Tim has agreed to join us each week to review some of his Today's Tidbits. Click that link, and you can subscribe for free to receive them.

Born January 24, 1881, in Springville, New York, was Bill Warner a College Football Hall of Fame coach and very good player. Warner graduated from Cornell University in 1903 and played on the football teanm from 1899 to 1902. Warner was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

Warner was the brother of famed football coach Pop Warner. In 1902, Bill and Glenn both played pro football for the Syracuse Athletic Club during the first World Series of Football, held at Madison Square Garden.

As a coach at Cornell, Sherman Institute, North Carolina, Colgate, St Louis University, and Oregon Bill Warner coached teams had an over all record of Head coaching Overall record of  28–20–5.

A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: Timothy Brown and his FootballArchaeology.com website.

Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of the 1901 Cornell Big Red football team