Willie Heston

Willie Heston (born Sept. 9, 1878, Galesburg, Ill., U.S.—died Sept. 9, 1963, Traverse City, Mich.) was a U.S. collegiate halfback who played with Fielding Yost’s University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) teams that from 1901 through 1904 scored 2,326 points in 44 games to their opponents’ 40 points. Heston graduated from Grant’s Pass (Oregon) High School and played football at San Jose (Calif.) State Normal College, where Yost was an assistant coach before going to Michigan...