William R. Cruse was an American football and college basketball coach.
He served as the head football coach (1921[1]) and head men's basketball coach (1922 to 1923[2]) at Central College in Pella, Iowa.
A graduate of the University of Michigan, Cruse was a member of the national championship 1918 Michigan Wolverines football team under Fielding H.
Yost.
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