Willard Hugo Steele (December 11, 1884 – May 1, 1970) was a college football player and physician.
[4] One account reads "Willard Steele, at left half, weight 178 and height 5 feet 10 inches was easily the star of the team, and was placed on all-southern teams by Edwin Camp, Rice of the Atlanta Journal, and Buckingham of the Memphis Appeal.
On the offense he is a hard, fierce player, whom it requires several men to down, and when playing on the defensive he is a masher of interference.
"[4] Steele's career was plagued by injuries, and he played only a single varsity game in 1905.
[5][6] After Cumberland he went to Vanderbilt University to further his studies a few years, obtaining his M. D. from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1911.