Bill Dague
William Henry Dague Jr. (October 28, 1885 – August 27, 1963) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for Wabash College and the United States Naval Academy. He was the first consensus All-American at Navy. He later served as an assistant football coach at Navy starting in 1908 and served as an officer on the USS Cincinnati on the Asiatic Station from 1912 to 1914. He was the head football coach at Adrian College in 1915. Early years Dague was born in Fowler, Indiana in 1885. His father, William Henry Dague, Sr., was a banker who was born in Pennsylvania in December 1844. At the time of the 1900 U.S. Census, Dague was living in Benton, Indiana with his father and two adult brothers. His mother had died. One brother, Maynard, was born in April 1879 and working as a miner. The other, Samuel, was born in August 1877 and was working as a lawyer. College Dague enrolled at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He played college football as an end for the Wabash Little Giants in 1902 and 1903. In a game against Notre Dame on Thanksgiving Day 1903, Dague had the longest run of