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{{Short description| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player and coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = W. J. Keller
| image = Wj-keller-football-portrait-1894.jpg
| alt = W. J. Keller in a team portrait of the 1894 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
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| birth_date = {{Circa|1869}}
| sport = [[American football|Football]]
| birth_place = [[Maryland]], U.S.
| birth_date =
| death_date = {{Death date|1924|10|2}}
| birth_place =
| death_place = [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]], U.S.
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = c. {{Circa|1890–1891}}
| player_team1 = [[Springfield Pride football|Springfield (MA)YMCA]]
| player_years2 = 1893–1894
| player_team2 = [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt]]
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'''William J. Keller''' ({{Circa|1869}} – October 2, 1924) was an American [[Americancollege football]] player and coach. and otolaryngologists. He served aswas the second head football coach at [[Vanderbilt University]]. Keller, coached the [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt Commodores]]serving for one season, in 1893, compiling a record of 6–1. HeKeller also played and served as team captain for the [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt Commodores]] for both the 1893 and 1894 seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/vucommodores/docs/2012_fact_book_pdf?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222|title=2012 Vanderbilt Football fact book|page=118|accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref> AtBefore Springfieldcoming to Vanderbilt, he played at the International Young Men's Christian Association Training School—now known as [[Springfield College]]—in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]] for [[Amos Alonzo Stagg]].
 
Keller was born in [[Maryland]]. He earned a medical degree from the [[Vanderbilt University School of Medicine]]. He first practiced medicine as a generalist in [[Clio, South Carolina]] and later specialized in [[otorhinolaryngology]] in [[Spartanburg, South Carolina]]. He died on October 2, 1924, at his home in Spartanburg.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=William J. Keller Suddenly Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state/128870103/ |newspaper=[[The State (newspaper)|The State]] |location=[[Columbia, South Carolina]] |date=October 6, 1924 |page=2 |access-date=July 25, 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{Open access}} }}</ref>
 
==Head coaching record==
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Vanderbilt Commodores football|Vanderbilt Commodores]]
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1893
| endyear = single
}}
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Vanderbilt
| overall = 6–1
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 6–1
| bcs bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}
 
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==External links==
* {{CFBCR|1238|W.Find J.a KellerGrave|83123271}}
 
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| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Keller, William J.
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player and coach
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[[Category:19th-century players of American football]]
[[Category:20th-century American physicians]]
[[Category:American otolaryngologists]]
[[Category:American football quarterbacks]]
[[Category:Springfield Pride football players]]
[[Category:Vanderbilt Commodores football coaches]]
[[Category:Vanderbilt Commodores football players]]
[[Category:Vanderbilt University School of Medicine alumni]]
[[Category:People from Clio, South Carolina]]
[[Category:Physicians from South Carolina]]