William Erwin (American football)
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Born: | Kansas, U.S. | April 6, 1884
Died: | March 28, 1953 Chapman, Kansas, U.S. | (aged 68)
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Consensus All-American (1907 ) |
William Walter Erwin (April 6, 1884 – March 28, 1953) was an
Biography
Erwin was born in
Erwin graduated from the Military Academy in 1908 and spent his entire career in the Army. He was initially commissioned as a second lieutenant in the 9th Cavalry in February 1908 and stationed in the
From the spring of 1916 to February 1917, he was part of the Army's "Punitive Expedition" (also known as the
In May 1917, with the United States entry into World War I, Erwin was promoted to the rank of captain and placed in command of training camps at Fort Snelling in Minnesota. From November 1917 to October 1918, he served as an instructor at the Machine Gun Schools at Fort Sill in Oklahoma and at Camp Hancock. He was promoted to the rank of major, temporary, in December 1917.[1]
In October 1918, Erwin sailed for France as a machine gun officer with the 31st Division. The war ended in November 1918, and Erwin was assigned to the School for Care of Animals in France. He returned to the United States in August 1919 and was returned to the rank of captain in September 1919.[1]
Erwin died in Chapman, Kansas on March 28, 1953, and was buried at Saint Patrick's Cemetery there.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f George W. Cullum, ed. (1920). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. Seemann & Peters. p. 1400.
- ^ "2012 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2012. p. 4. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
- ^ "An Early Grid Star Dies". The Kansas City Star. Chapman, Kansas. AP. March 29, 1953. p. 21. Retrieved August 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.