Complex sentence: He graduated from Williams College in 1870, studied law, and also played wide receiver for the football team, and then was admitted to the bar in 1871, and commenced practice in Cazenovia, New York.
Split into simpler sentences: He graduated from Williams College in 1870, studied law, and also played wide receiver for the football team. He then was admitted to the bar in 1871, and commenced practice in Cazenovia, New York.