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Featured articlesFront Page FeatureThe Wikipedia main page featured William Wurtenburg on December 24, 2015. This was an article I originally created on June 16, 2008. Thanks to all Wikipedia editors including @A Texas Historian:, @Jweiss11:, and others who also helped improve it. The article as it exists now looks so much better than what I made. I created the original article on June 16, 2008 as a part of a campaign to complete articles for every head football coach for United States Naval Academy. Coach Wurtenburg was head coach for the 1894 season and led the team to a record of 4 wins, 1 loss, and 2 ties. Their only loss that year was to Pennsylvania who ended the season as undefeated national champions. As you can tell by visiting the article page now, it has been greatly enhanced to include his coaching at Dartmouth and his time as a player at Yale where he was a part of the 1887 National Championship team, finishing with a record of 9 wins and 0 losses. After coaching, he became an official for college football. Around 1904, Wurtenburg began pursuing a career as a physician. He set up a medical office near his house in New Haven, Connecticut, and became an ear, nose and throat specialist where he lived until his death in 1957. It's truly rewarding to see an article that I started end up on the Wikipedia main page! Woo-hoo!!! Media of the DayA video I posted was declared Wikimedia's "Media of the Day" on September 17, 2015. Watch closely as the cheese monger at Whole Foods Market in Overland Park, Kansas cracks open a wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese on March 9, 2013 (part of a 2013 world record attempt by Whole Foods Market). I recorded this video on March 9, 2013 and posted it the next day. It was a recording of one location where Whole Foods Market was attempting (and I believe succeeded) in setting a world record for the most number of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese at the same time. They were attempting this feat by using multiple stores and locations across their service footprint. The best part was that we all got to sample! Current projectsHere's a list of my current active projects. Feel free to pitch in! Football coaches
Previous project proposalCollege FootballHomer Woodson "Bill" Hargiss (September 1, 1887–October 15, 1978) was an American college football, basketball, and track coach. He was an early innovator in football and was known to be one of the first coaches to use the forward pass and the huddle. Hargiss's first coaching job came as the head coach of the College of Emporia (C of E) in Emporia, Kansas. The school had a well-developed rivalry with Kansas State Normal School, where Hargiss played quarterback the previous year, and would later coach.[1] At C of E, Hargiss developed plays using talented quarterback Arthur Schabinger that most had never seen before, namely the forward pass and the option pass. KansasLarry LeRoy "Rube" Hartshorn (May 19, 1933 - September 19, 2007) was a former NFL Offensive Guard who played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1955 and 1957. He later played in the Canadian Football League with the Calgary Stampeders in 1958. Hartshorn was born May 19, 1933 in Oil Hill, Kansas near El Dorado, Kansas. He became a distinguished athlete at El Dorado High School, earning All State honors in football in 1950. He went on to play college football and baseball at Kansas State University from 1950 to 1954, where he was a teammate of Earl Woods. Other fun stuffThe Ewing and Muriel Kauffman Memorial Garden is an arboretum located in Kansas City, Missouri and maintained by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The gardens are located near Country Club Plaza and the main campus of University of Missouri–Kansas City. The gardens are reported to be popular because of its high amount of colors and serenity.[2] Local volunteers in association with Powell Gardens are responsible for daily care. Collaborate...Dr. Archibald W. Leech was an American football player and coach in the United States. He gained prominence as an educator and businessman in the area of Cambria County, Pennsylvania where he also served as postmaster.[3] Leech played college football, basketball, and baseball for the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He was known for his athletic skills and was named "one of the most noted athletes ever graduated" from the school.[4] Leech was the fifth head football coach for his alma mater, Geneva College. He held that position for the 1905 season and posted a coaching record at Geneva was 4 wins, 5 losses, and 0 ties. As of complletion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 23rd at Geneva in total wins and 18th at Geneva in winning percentage (0.444).[5] The school suffered one of its largest defeats to Penn State[6] by a score of 73 to 0.[7] This game was also Penn State's ninth largest all-time margin of victory and total points scored.[8] Leech only coached football for one year at Geneva, but stayed on as a full professor at the college.[9] Selected picture
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