Thomas Dowler
Thomas Moran "Spook" Dowler (July 3, 1908 – December 6, 1986) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary in 1935 and at the University of Akron in 1939 and 1940, compiling a career college football record of 10–13–5. Dowler also coached the William & Mary men's basketball team from 1934 to 1937 and the Akron Zips men's basketball team in 1939–40, tallying a career college basketball mark of 30–43. Dowler played football, basketball, and baseball at Colgate University . He played with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National Football League (NFL) for two games in 1931. Coaching career. William & Mary had not yet joined an athletic conference during Dowler's first two seasons as head basketball coach, but for his third and final season, the Tribe had become a member of the Southern Conference. Dowler holds the dubious distinction of being the only men's basketball coach in school history to guide his team to a winless season. The Tribe went 0–13 in conference play and 0–18 overall during the 1936–37 season. Dowler went 21–29 over his three years  at William & Mary. He finished his one-year stint as basketball coach at Akron with a 9–14 record. Later life and death. Dowler served in the United States Navy as a lietenant during World War II. He later resided in Atlanta and died on December 6, 1986.