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William Goodyear

William Goodyear (May 21, 1865 – June 18, 1936) was an American college football coach, newspaper editor, publisher, and politician in Whitman County in eastern Washington. He was the first head coach of the Washington State Cougars football team, holding that position for the 1894 college football season. Goodyear was also a newspaper publisher and editor. His newspapers included the ''Pullman Herald'', the ''Pullman News'', the ''Colfax Commoner'' in Colfax, Washington, the ''Palouse City News'' in Palouse, Washington, and the ''Pacific Farmers' Union''. He was also active in Democratic Party politics and was the party's candidate for United States Congress in Washington's 3rd congressional district in 1908. Provided by Wikipedia