Warren Steller

Warren Steller
Biographical details
Born(1897-10-08)October 8, 1897
DiedAugust 6, 1974(1974-08-06) (aged 76)
Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1917Oberlin
1919Oberlin
Basketball
1917–1918Oberlin
Baseball
c. 1918Oberlin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1924–1934Bowling Green
Basketball
1922–1923Wesleyan
1924–1925Bowling Green
Baseball
1923Wesleyan
1925Bowling Green
1928–1959Bowling Green
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1924–1941Bowling Green
Head coaching record
Overall40–21–19 (football)
18–12 (basketball)
228–164 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
3 Northwest Ohio League (1925, 1928–1929)

Warren E. Steller (October 8, 1897 – August 6, 1974) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Bowling Green State Normal School—now known as Bowling Green State University—from 1924 to 1934, compiling a record of 40–21–19. Steller was also the head basketball coach at Wesleyan University in 1922–23 and at Bowling Green in 1924–25, tallying a career college basketball mark of 18–12. In addition, he was the head baseball coach at Wesleyan in 1923 and at Bowling Green in 1925 and again from 1928 to 1959, amassing a career college baseball record of 228–164. Steller attended Oberlin College, where he played football, basketball, and baseball, and is considered one of the finest athletes ever to play for the Yeoman. In 1921, the Oberlin football team beat Ohio State, 7–6, the last time an intrastate opponent beat Ohio State. Steller scored the winning touchdown. In 1965, Bowling Green renamed its baseball stadium Warren E. Steller Field in dedication to the former coach.[1]

  1. ^ "BGSU Historical Campus Tour - Warren E. Steller Field". Bowling Green State University. Archived from the original on April 15, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2008.