Roy Beechler LeRoy Garfield " Roy " Beechler ( October 17 , 1880 – November 14 , 1946 ) was an American football player and coach . He played football for the University of Michigan ' s 1904 " Point - a - Minute " team . He was the head football coach at Mount Union College in Ohio in 1905 . Early years . Beechler was born in Ithaca , Michigan in October 1880 and educated in the Ithaca public schools . His parents , Jacob Sidney Beechler and Dora ( Rasor ) Beechler were of Dutch descent . In 1900 , the family was living in Newark Township , Gratiot County , Michigan . University of Michigan . Beechler began his education at Alma College and played football for Alma ' s 1902 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship football team . He later enrolled in the Department of Engineering at the University of Michigan . In 1907 , he received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering . While attending Michigan , he played football for the 1904 Michigan Wolverines football team . Beechler played at the center and tackle positions for Michigan . He suffered an injury that sidelined him for a portion of the season . The 1904 Michigan team was the fourth of Fielding H . Yost ' s " Point - a - Minute " teams . The team compiled a record of 10 – 0 and outscored its opponents 567 to 22 . Coaching . After playing for Yost ' s " Point - a - Minute " team in 1904 , Beechler was hired as the head football coach at Mount Union College for the 1905 season . He compiled a 2 – 6 record as the team ' s head coach . Beechler was referred to among the student body at Mt . Union as " our Michigan University coach . " He also served as an assistant coach under Fielding Yost at Michigan for the 1909 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled a 6 – 1 record and outscored opponents 116 to 34 . At the post - season football banquet on November 23 , 1909 , Yost thanked his coaching staff : " Mr . Redden , Mr . Fitzpatrick , Mr . Beechler and all the others who have been with us throughout the season deserve their full share of the credit . Family and engineering career . In August 1907 , Beechler was married to Margaret Willets ( 1882 - 1958 ) in Essex County , Ontario . They had two children , Jack Sidney Beechler ( born April 26 , 1910 in Detroit ) and Richard Willets Beechler . Beechler ' s professional career was spent with manufacturing firms in Detroit . He began his career working for the Detroit Stoker & Foundry Company . As of 1912 , Beechler was employed by the Metal Products Co . in Detroit . He became the chief engineer at Metal Products Co . where spent three years and was responsible for designing axles and tools . During World War I , he tested trucks manufactured fro use by the government . After Metal Products was acquired by the Timken Company , he became the manager of the former Metal Products plant and later became the assistant chief engineer at Timken ' s main plant . Beechler was also an inventor who had several patents registered with the U . S . Patent Office . In January 1920 , Beechler and F . C . Gilbert co - founded the Vulcan Motor Axle Co . to build a complete line of axles for automobiles . Beechler served as the company ' s chief engineer . At the time of the 1920 United States Census , he was working as a mechanical engineer for an axle company in Detroit . He was living in Detroit with his wife Margaret and their two sons , Jack and Richard . By 1930 , Beechler and his family had moved to Jackson , Michigan , where Beechler was employed as a mechanical engineer with a horn and radio corporation .