caption player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name
bloss -lrb- left -rrb- in 1893 indiana oregon agricultural 22 june 1921 richland county , ohio 1893 1897 orleans , indiana quarterback 10 & ndash ; 1 c. 1890 1893 oregon agricultural oregon agricultural 193 football 4 april 1859 william h bloss.jpg bill bloss
 bill bloss
bill bloss

william h. `` bill '' bloss -lrb- april 4 , 1859 -- june 22 , 1921 -rrb- was the first american football coach at oregon state university in 1893 and again in 1897 .
he also was the quarterback of the 1893 team .
