Silas Williams


Silas McBee "Sike" Williams was a college football player and coach as well as a lawyer.

Sewanee

Williams was a prominent end for the Sewanee Tigers of, selected second-team for its All-Time football team, He stood 5'9" and weighed 150 pounds.

1909

Williams was selected All-Southern and captain of the SIAA champion 1909 team.

Harvard

He also attended Harvard Law School, receiving his LL. B. in 1913.

Law school football

There in a game of all-stars from Michigan, Sewanee, and Vanderbilt against Harvard, including Germany Schulz at center and Vanderbilt coach Dan McGugin at left guard, Williams played on Harvard's team against his former quarterback Chigger Browne. That game ended in a scoreless tie. A second game was played between Harvard Law School and a different "All-Southern" team. Williams scored the only points in the 5 to 0 victory when he ran in a touchdown off a Stephen Galatti pass.

Chattanooga

Williams served as the head football coach at the University of Chattanooga—now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga—from 1919 to 1921, compiling a record of 10–15–2.

Head coaching record