Eber Simpson | |
Birth Date: | 24 July 1895 |
Birth Place: | Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Death Place: | Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1915–1917 |
Player Team2: | Wisconsin |
Player Years3: | 1918 |
Player Team3: | Washington University |
Player Years4: | 1923 |
Player Team4: | St. Louis All-Stars |
Player Sport5: | Basketball |
Player Years6: | 1917–1918 |
Player Team6: | Wisconsin |
Player Sport7: | Basketball |
Player Years8: | ?–1918 |
Player Team8: | Wisconsin |
Player Positions: | Quarterback (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1919 |
Coach Team2: | Washington University (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1922–1925 |
Coach Team3: | East St. Louis HS (IL) |
Eber Edward Simpson (July 24, 1895 – December 19, 1964) was an American football, basketball and baseball player, football coach, and physician. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he starred in football, basketball, and baseball. He also played college football at Washington University in St. Louis, from which he earned a medical degree.
Simpson played football professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis All-Stars in 1923. He practiced medicine in St. Louis for 35 years before retiring in 1955.
Simpson was born on July 24, 1895, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In 1919, he was appointed assistant football coach at Washington University in St. Louis under head football coach R. B. Rutherford.[1] He coached football at East St. Louis Senior High School in East St. Louis, Illinois, from 1922 to 1925.
Simpson died at his home in Oshkosh on December 19, 1964.[2] [3] [4]