He was also the chief examiners of claims of the Travelers Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut.
[2][3] Theron Upson Lyman was born September 7, 1869, in Alden, Iowa.
One account reads "Iowa had an eleven and had a coach, and wanted to play the upstarts from across the Missouri River...So, with a magnanimity seldom equaled in the game's history, Iowa lent its coach, T. U. Lyman, to tutor the Nebraskans.
"[6] Lyman was a prominent quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers football team.
Lyman transferred to Wisconsin in order to defeat Minnesota, which he finally did in 1894.