Edwin W. Lee

Edwin Waterman Lee (July 1, 1875 – October 1, 1942) was an American football player and coach, and then attorney and judge. Lee attended Smith Academy in St. Louis, Missouri and then starred at Williams College, playing guard and tackle.[1] In addition to playing football at Williams,[2][3][4][5] Lee was also a member of Chi Psi fraternity.[6] Chi Psi offers the Edwin W. Lee Award, presented to a person who is not an initiated member of the Fraternity, for noteworthy assistance to the Fraternity, Trust, or Alpha.

Edwin W. Lee
Biographical details
Born(1875-07-01)July 1, 1875
Beloit, Wisconsin
DiedOctober 1, 1942(1942-10-01) (aged 67)
St. Louis, Missouri
Playing career
Football
1893–1896Williams
Position(s)Guard, tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1898Washington University
1898Smith Academy
1900Washington University
1901–1903Smith Academy (assistant)
1905Smith Academy (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall9–2–1 (college)

Coaching career

After college, Lee returned to St. Louis and enrolled in law school at Washington University in St. Louis, graduating in 1899.[7] Lee coached Washington University and his alma mater Smith Academy in 1898.[8] He again coached Washington University in 1900.[9] Lee then served as an assistant coach at Smith Academy from 1901 to 1903 and again in 1905.

In 1906, Lee served as chairman of the Missouri Athletic Club.[10]

Head coaching record

College
Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Washington University (1898)
1898 Washington University 6–0
Washington University (1900)
1900 Washington University 3–2–1
Washington University: 9–2–1
Total:9–2–1

After earning his law degree from Washington University, he joined his father's former firm Watts & McKeighan, which later becomes Watts, Gentry, & Lee. Lee was an expert in taxation and probate, publishing a law review article in 1921.[11] Also in 1921, his biographical sketch appears in the Centennial history of Missouri (the center state) one hundred years in the Union, 1820-1921.[12] Lee founded his own firm in 1924 with an office in the Boatmen's Bank Building.[13]

Lee was appointed as a Missouri Circuit Court judge by Governor Herbert S. Hadley to serve a month until November elections.[14] Then, Lee won the election and served the shortened term until January 1911.[15] Governor Hadley named William B. Homer back to the Circuit Court, and filled his position as Excise Commissioner with Judge Lee.[16] Lee served as city excise commissioner from 1911 to 1913.

References
  1. "Edwin Lee, 67, Dies; Former Circuit Judge", St. Louis Star and Times, St. Louis, MO, p. 4, October 2, 1942
  2. Gulielmensian, Williams College, 1895, p. 153
  3. Gulielmensian, Williams College, 1896, p. 227
  4. Gulielmensian, Williams College, 1897, p. 205
  5. Gulielmensian, Williams College, 1898, p. 217
  6. Gulielmensian, Williams College, 1895, p. 93
  7. "An Ideal June Day On Which Were Many Commencements", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, p. 3, June 16, 1899
  8. "How Big Men On St. Louis Football Teams Are Trained", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, p. 30, October 30, 1898
  9. "Lineup of Miners and Washington at Rolla", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, p. 7, November 9, 1900
  10. "Of Interest To Inquirers", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO, p. 3, August 10, 1906
  11. Edwin W. Lee, Inheritance Taxation in the State of Missouri, 6 St. Louis L. Rev. 107 (1921). Available at: https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5495&context=law_lawreview
  12. Stevens, Walter Barlow (1921). Centennial history of Missouri (the center state) one hundred years in the Union, 1820-1921. 6. St. Louis, MO: S. J. Clarke. p. 88. Archived from the original on December 6, 2009.
  13. "Wainwright Executors Ask Writ of Mandamus", St. Louis Star and Times, St. Louis, MO, p. 2, December 11, 1924
  14. "E. W. Lee Succeeds Homer", St. Louis Star and Times, St. Louis, MO, p. 1, October 3, 1910
  15. "The Winners", St. Louis Star and Times, St. Louis, MO, p. 12, November 9, 1910
  16. "Judge Lee is Excise Chief", St. Louis Star and Times, St. Louis, MO, p. 1, January 3, 1911
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