Walter Jewell

Walter W. Jewell (February 24, 1896 – January 27, 1980) was an American football player and coach.

Walter Jewell
Biographical details
Born(1896-02-24)February 24, 1896
Iowa
DiedJanuary 27, 1980(1980-01-27) (aged 83)
Decorah, Iowa
Alma materIowa (JD, 1919)
Playing career
1917Iowa
Position(s)Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1919Luther
1921Allerton HS (IA)

Jewell played college football as a tackle at the University of Iowa, lettering in 1917.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Iowa with a law degree in 1919.[1]

In the fall of 1919, he was hired as the head football coach at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. The program had been discontinued, and Jewell was charged with building a football team out of students who had "practically no experience".[3] On October 11, 1919, Jewell led the team to a 29 to 6 victory in Luther's first college football game in 20 years.[4] Jewell was the head coach at Luther for three months from September to November 1919.[1]

Jewell taught and coached at a high school in Allerton, Iowa from 1921 to 1922 and practiced law in Decorah starting in 1919.[1] Jewell died at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital in Decorah, on January 27, 1980.[5]

References
  1. Luther College through sixty years, 1861-1921. Augsburg Publishing House. 1922. p. 128. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  2. "Iowa Football Media Guide". Iowa Hawkeyes football. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. Luther College through sixty years, 1861-1921. Augsburg Publishing House. 1922. p. 333. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  4. "Luther Defeats Campion". The Des Moines Register. October 12, 1919. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Walter W. Jewell". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. January 28, 1980. p. 5. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
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