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American football official (1884–1943)

Wilmer G. Crowell
Biographical details
Born	(1884-01-29)January 29, 1884 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	August 23, 1943(1943-08-23) (aged 59) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1903–1905	Swarthmore

Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906	George Washington
1907–1908	Swarthmore (assistant)
1912–1913	Central Manual HS (PA)
1914–1916	Lafayette
Basketball
1915–1916	Lafayette
Lacrosse
1909–1911	Swarthmore

Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1914–1916	Lafayette

Head coaching record
Overall	19–15–5
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Third-team All-American (1905)

Wilmer Gardner Crowell (January 29, 1884 – August 23, 1943) was an American college football, basketball and lacrosse player and coach. He was a quarterback and drop kicker at Swarthmore. He served as the head football coach at George Washington University in 1906 and at Lafayette College form 1914 to 1916, compiling a career coaching record of 19–15–5. Crowell died on August 23, 1943, at Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Crowell was the head referee during the 1936 NFL Championship Game.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
George Washington Hatchetites (Independent) (1906)
1906	George Washington	4–3–2
George Washington:		4–3–2
Lafayette (Independent) (1914–1916)
1914	Lafayette	5–3–2
1915	Lafayette	8–3
1916	Lafayette	2–6–1
Lafayette:		15–12–3
Total:		19–15–5

v t e Swarthmore Garnet Tide starting quarterbacks
A. P. Hall Jr. (1898–1899) Wilmer G. Crowell (1905) Harry J. O'Brien (1907–1909)

v t e George Washington Colonials head football coaches
No coach (1881–1883) No team (1884–1889) No coach (1890) No team (1891–1894) Unknown (1895) Graham Nichols (1896–1898) No team (1899–1901) Graham Nichols (1902) David Houston (1903) Alexander Rorke (1904) Charles A. Barnard (1905) Wilmer G. Crowell (1906) Fred K. Nielsen (1907–1908) B. J. Dougherty (1909) Paul Magoffin (1910) No team (1911–1915) Thomas Sullivan (1916) No team (1917–1919) Bryan Morse (1920) William Quigley (1921–1923) Harry W. Crum (1924–1928) Jim Pixlee (1929–1937) William Reinhart (1938–1941) Johnny Baker (1942) No team (1943–1945) Skip Stahley (1946–1947) Bo Rowland (1948–1951) Bo Sherman (1952–1959) Bill Elias (1960) Jim Camp (1961–1966)

v t e Lafayette Leopards head football coaches
No coach (1882–1890) Wallace Moyle (1891–1892) Pearl T. Haskell & H. H. Vincent (1893) Hugh Janeway & H. H. Vincent (1894) Parke H. Davis (1895–1897) Samuel B. Newton (1898–1901) Dave Fultz (1902) Alfred E. Bull (1903–1907) George Barclay (1908) Bob Folwell (1909–1911) Samuel B. Newton (1911) George McCaa (1912–1913) Wilmer G. Crowell (1914–1916) Punk Berryman (1917) Lewis A. Cobbett (1918) Jock Sutherland (1919–1923) Herb McCracken (1924–1935) Ernie Nevers (1936) Edward Mylin (1937–1942) Ben Wolfson (1943–1945) Edward Mylin (1946) Ivy Williamson (1947–1948) Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (1949–1951) Steve Hokuf (1952–1957) James McConlogue (1958–1962) Kenneth Bunn (1963–1966) Harry Gamble (1967–1970) Neil Putnam (1971–1980) Bill Russo (1981–1999) Frank Tavani (2000–2016) John Garrett (2017–2021) John Troxell (2022– ) # denotes interim head coach

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Lafayette Leopards men's basketball head coaches
B. J. Myers (1900–1901) J. L. Baker (1901–1902) W. S. Haldeman (1902–1903) No team (1903–1913) J. Craft (1913–1914) Joe Fogerty (1914–1915) Wilmer G. Crowell (1915–1916) J. B. Quig (1916–1917) Bill Anderson (1917–1919) William McAvoy (1919–1920) Bill Anderson (1920–1925) M. A. Miller (1925–1929) Herbert A. Lorenz (1929–1935) P. M. Shellenberger (1935–1936) Mike Michalske (1936–1938) Richard Madison (1938–1942) Arthur R. Winters (1942–1945) Bill Anderson (1945–1949) Ray Stanley (1949–1951) Butch van Breda Kolff (1951–1955) George Davidson (1955–1967) Hal Wissel (1967–1971) Tom Davis (1971–1977) Roy Chipman (1977–1980) Will Rackley (1980–1984) Butch van Breda Kolff (1984–1988) John Leone (1988–1995) Fran O'Hanlon (1995–2022) Mike Jordan (2022–2023) Mike McGarvey (2023– )

B. J. Myers (1900–1901)
J. L. Baker (1901–1902)
W. S. Haldeman (1902–1903)
No team (1903–1913)
J. Craft (1913–1914)
Joe Fogerty (1914–1915)
Wilmer G. Crowell (1915–1916)
J. B. Quig (1916–1917)
Bill Anderson (1917–1919)
William McAvoy (1919–1920)
Bill Anderson (1920–1925)
M. A. Miller (1925–1929)
Herbert A. Lorenz (1929–1935)
P. M. Shellenberger (1935–1936)
Mike Michalske (1936–1938)
Richard Madison (1938–1942)
Arthur R. Winters (1942–1945)
Bill Anderson (1945–1949)
Ray Stanley (1949–1951)
Butch van Breda Kolff (1951–1955)
George Davidson (1955–1967)
Hal Wissel (1967–1971)
Tom Davis (1971–1977)
Roy Chipman (1977–1980)
Will Rackley (1980–1984)
Butch van Breda Kolff (1984–1988)
John Leone (1988–1995)
Fran O'Hanlon (1995–2022)
Mike Jordan (2022–2023)
Mike McGarvey (2023– )

v t e Lafayette Leopards athletic directors
Wilmer G. Crowell (1914–1916) Unknown (1917–1934) Henry W. Clark (1935–1944) Bill Anderson (1945–1960) Arthur R. Winters (1960–1965) Olav Kollevoll (1965–1989) Eve Atkinson (1990–2001) Bruce McCutcheon (2001–2018) Sherryta Freeman (2018– )