caption death_date death_place coach_years birth_place overall_record coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
withers '' the calyx 1906 '' yearbook ' senior portrait at washington & lee in 15 june 1949 abingdon , virginia 1906 1906 -- 1907 abingdon , virginia 2 -lrb- basketball -rrb- -- 6 -lrb- football -rrb- 1 -- 4 william -lrb- basketball -rrb- & mary -lrb- football -rrb- william & mary 2550 football , basketball 10 september 1884 hwwithers.png h. w. withers
 h. w. withers washington & lee university -lrb- 1906 -rrb-
h. w. withers

henry wilson withers -lrb- september 10 , 1884 -- june 15 , 1949 -rrb- was an american gymnast he led the team to a 1 -- 4 record , the exact opposite of their inaugural 4 -- 1 campaign .
withers was also william & mary 's head football coach in 1906 , finishing 2 -- 6 .
withers died of a heart attack in 1949 .
at the time of his death , he was working as a hardware merchant in abingdon .
