July 30, 1989(1989-07-30) (aged 81) Laguna Hills, California, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1928–1930
Ohio State
Basketball
1928–1931
Ohio State
Baseball
1928–1931
Ohio State
Position(s)
End (football) Guard (basketball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1931–1932
Ohio State (assistant)
1933–1940
Harvard (backfield)
1941–1942
Wesleyan
1945
Princeton (assistant)
1946
Pittsburgh
1947–1950
Ohio State
1951–1953
Minnesota
Basketball
1933–1941
Harvard
1941–1944
Wesleyan
1945–1946
Princeton
Head coaching record
Overall
41–40–8 (football) 78–139 (basketball)
Bowls
1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Big Ten (1949)
Awards
Unanimous All-American (1930)
2× Consensus All-American (1928, 1929)
Chicago Tribune Silver Football (1930)
3× First-team All-Big Ten (1928, 1929, 1930)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1954 (profile)
Wesley Eugene Fesler (June 29, 1908 – July 30, 1989) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and basketball. He was a three-sport athlete at Ohio State University and a consensus first-team selection to the College Football All-America Team three straight years (1928–1930). Fesler was later the head football coach at Wesleyan University (1941–1942), the University of Pittsburgh (1946), Ohio State (1947–1950), and the University of Minnesota (1951–1953), compiling a career record of 41–40–8. He was also the head basketball coach at Harvard University (1933–1941), Wesleyan (1941–1944) and Princeton University (1945–1946), tallying a mark of 78–139 Fesler was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1954.
photograph "WesFesler Kicking a Football." The stroboscope photograph demonstrated the dent in the ball at the point of contact. In basketball Fesler was a...
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head coaches have led the Buckeyes to postseason bowl games: John Wilce, WesFesler, Woody Hayes, Earle Bruce, John Cooper, Jim Tressel, Luke Fickell, Urban...
when head coach WesFesler led the Buckeyes to the Rose Bowl again, this time defeating the California Golden Bears 17–14. Following Fesler, Woody Hayes...
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was recruited as a fullback at the Ohio State University by head coach WesFesler. He played on the OSU freshman team in 1950, but before he could join...
starting end Sonny Gandee went down with a season-ending neck injury, coach WesFesler recruited Schnittker to take Gandee's place. Schnittker helped the team...
(1924–1938) Charley Bowser (1939–1942) Clark Shaughnessy (1943–1945) WesFesler (1946) Mike Milligan (1947–1949) Len Casanova (1950) Tom Hamilton (1951)...
opponents, 286–111, on the season, but head coach WesFesler's record against Michigan fell to 0–3–1. WesFesler, head coach, fourth year Vic Janowicz, Heisman...
speculation began to mount that Brown might return to the Buckeyes. WesFesler had resigned as the team's coach, and Brown was seen as a possible replacement...
(1924–1938) Charley Bowser (1939–1942) Clark Shaughnessy (1943–1945) WesFesler (1946) Mike Milligan (1947–1949) Len Casanova (1950) Tom Hamilton (1951)...
[think] 'are we doing everything possible' because I really believed we had a roster that was good enough to win games. I just don't think we did a great...
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people. To win the last game like that for Coach Narduzzi was something that we could to send him out with and that will be a memory for life. He's been incredibly...
(1938–1943) William Francis Logan (1943–1945) Leonard Hattinger # (1945) WesFesler (1945–1946) Franklin Cappon (1946–1961) Jake McCandless (1961–1962) Butch...
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Nine Conference football season. In its first season under head coach WesFesler, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record (1–4–1 against conference opponents)...
Edgar Fauver (1920–1922) Warren Steller (1922–1923) Dale Lash (1923–1941) WesFesler (1941–1944) Norm Daniels (1944–1947) John L. Wood (1947–1968) Herb Kenny...
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