Everett Sweeley

Everett Marlin Sweeley (March 4, 1880 – September 2, 1957)[1] was an American college football player and coach.

He played fullback, halfback and end for the University of Michigan from 1899 to 1902 and was a member of Fielding H. Yost's 1901 and 1902 "Point-a-Minute" teams.

He then served as the head football coach at Morningside College in 1903 and at Washington State University in 1904 and 1905.

He played four years of football at Michigan from 1899 to 1902 at the end, fullback, and halfback positions, but he was best known as one of the game's premier punters and placekickers.

[6] A newspaper story in 1950 reported on Sweeley's kicking ability: "Sweeley, a truly great kicker in the days when the ball resembled a pumpkin rather than the tapered oblate spheroid now in use, introduced the spiral pant to Coast fans that memorable day [in the 1902 Rose Bowl].

[11] After retiring from coaching, Sweeley moved to Twin Falls, Idaho where he worked as a lawyer.

At the time, Sweeley was a practicing attorney living in Twin Falls, and was recalled as "a great punter back at the turn of the century.