Myron Elmer Fuller (June 4, 1889 – August 31, 1949) was an

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player and coach.

Playing career

Fuller played football at

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in 1910 and graduated from the school in 1911.

Coaching career

He served as the head coach at

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(1912–1913)

Colby College Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine, United States. Founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, it was renamed Waterville College in 1821. The donations of Christian philanthropist Gardner ...

(1914–1915),

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(1916), the

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(1920), and

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(1921). He later served as a line coach for the

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. His 1914 Colby team is considered to be one of the strongest college teams ever in the state of Maine. Colby defeated their opponents by a combined score of 277 to 49, swept in-state rivals

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, Bowdoin, and

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, beat Holy Cross 17 to 0, and nearly upset Navy in a 31 to 21 game.

Later life and death

Fuller left coaching after 1927 to pursue a career in

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. He died of a heart attack at his home in

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, on August 31, 1949, at the age of 60.

Head coaching record

College

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