Andrew G . Reid Andrew Graham Reid ( May 24 , 1878 – July 6 , 1941 ) was an American football player , coach , and official , athletics administrator , professor of mathematics , businessman , and lawyer . He played football for the University of Michigan ' s 1901 " Point - a - Minute " team . He was the head football coach and athletic director at Monmouth College in Illinois from 1907 to 1909 . He also coached football at Knox College in Illinois , and he served as a football official in Big Ten Conference football games . Early years . Reid was born in Warren County , Illinois in 1878 . He grew up in Iowa and attended the public schools there before enrolling at Simpson College in Indianola , Iowa . He received Ph . B . degree there in 1901 . University of Michigan . After graduating from Simpson , Reid enrolled in the law department at the University of Michigan . While attending Michigan , he was a " star athlete . " During his first year of law school , Reid played football for the 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team . At five feet , eight inches , and 158 pounds , Reid was a reserve on the 1901 team . He appeared as a substitute fullback in Michigan ' s 50 – 0 victory over Albion and the team ' s 33 – 0 victory over Indiana . In its " Football Year - Book , " " The Michigan Daily - News " said of Reid , " He has developed rapidly in the fullback position . " The 1901 Michigan team was the first of Fielding H . Yost ' s " Point - a - Minute " teams . The team compiled a record of 11 – 0 and outscored its opponents 550 to 0 . Reid was also a member of the varsity track team , competing in the hammer throw , during his first year at Michigan . In May 1902 , " The Michigan Alumnus " noted : " Reid , the sub - fullback on the Varsity , has been showing up remarkably well with the hammer , and the first of this week , threw it 126 feet , within less than four feet of the Intercollegiate record . " Reid received his law degree from Michigan in 1906 . Monmouth College . After graduating from Michigan , Reid became an assistant professor of mathematics at Monmouth College in Illinois . In 1907 , he was also hired by Monmouth College as its athletic director and coach . He stayed at Monmouth for three years , resigning in 1910 . In Monmouth College ' s 1911 yearbook , Reid was remembered as follows : " Coming to take charge of the work in the spring of 1907 when the prospects were none too bright , he has developed and trained teams for the last three years that are a credit to him and to the school , and through them his hard work and excellent coaching is clearly shown . In his coaching and training he has not only given especial attention to each individual and to keeping the entire team in the best possible condition , but also has always insisted on team work so that his teams have all worked together like well lubricated machines . Too much cannot be said of Reid ' s ability as a coach and trainer of athletes . " In three seasons as the head football coach at Monmouth , he compiled a record of 8 – 10 – 1 . Later years . In 1910 , Reid moved to Waterloo , Iowa , where he lived and practiced law for 30 years . He married Helen Sedgwick ( 1889 - 1974 ) on June 7 , 1915 . In a draft registration card completed in September 1918 , Reid indicated that he was a self - employed lawyer . He was living with his wife , Helen S . Reid , at 324 South Street in Waterloo . At the time of the 1930 United States Census , Reid and his wife , Helen S . Reid , were living in Waterloo with their four children , Martha ( age 13 ) , Wallace ( age 10 ) , Joseph ( age 8 ) and Mary ( age 6 ) . Reid was employed as an attorney . He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks . In addition to his private law practice , Reid served as Waterloo ' s city attorney and a member of the school board . He was also the president of the Black Hawk County Abstract Company . Reid also officiated Big Ten Conference football games in his later years . In 1940 , he was inducted as an honorary member of the University of Iowa ' s " I " club . In July 1941 , Reid died from a sudden heart attack at his home in Waterloo .