Eber Edward Simpson (July 24, 1895 – December 19, 1964) was an

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basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

and

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding ...

player, football coach, and physician. He attended the

University of Wisconsin–Madison A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...

, 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

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(NFL) for the St. Louis All-Stars in 1923. He practiced medicine in St. Louis for 35 years before retiring in 1955.

Biography

Simpson was born on July 24, 1895, in

Oshkosh, Wisconsin Oshkosh is a city in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, of which it is the county seat. The city had a population of 66,816 in 2020, making it the ninth-largest city in Wisconsin. It is also adjacent to the Town of Oshkosh. History Oshkosh was ...

. In 1919, he was appointed assistant football coach at Washington University in St. Louis under head football coach

R. B. Rutherford Richard Burr "Red" Rutherford (April 11, 1891 – February 16, 1976) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Washington University in St. Louis from 1917 to 1919 and at Oregon Agricul ...

. 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.

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