coach player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player player_positions player_years coach_team sport birth_date image article_title name
y michigan 16 may 1953 tucson , arizona 1897 & ndash ; 1898 vanceburg , kentucky y quarterback 1892 & ndash ; 1895 michigan -lrb- assistant -rrb- football 18 may 1873 james baird -lrb- 1894 -rrb- . jpg james baird -lrb- civil engineer -rrb-
 james baird
james baird -lrb- civil engineer -rrb-

james baird -lrb- may 18 , 1873 -- may 16 , 1953 -rrb- was an american civil engineer , football player and coach .
he played football for the university of michigan from 1892 to 1895 and was captain of the 1894 team .
he was also an assistant football coach at michigan from 1897 to 1898 .
he worked for the george a. fuller co. for 23 years and eventually became its president .
he later formed his own construction company called the james baird company .
baird directed the construction of many important buildings , including the flatiron building , lincoln memorial , arlington memorial amphitheater , and tomb of the unknown soldier .
