William H. Davis
General Facts
Born: July 31, 1867, in Leicester, Massachusetts
Died: October 9, 1919, at the age of 52 in Waterbury, Connecticut
Wife: Florence Annie Duckworth Davis (1871-1910)
William and Florence are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Massachusetts
Children: Grace Belle Davis and Arthur Paul Davis
Items of Interest
- Among the Original 18 Team members inducted into the inaugural class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on March 3, 1959
Important Dates
1892: Graduated from the Secretarial Department of the International YMCA Training School (now Springfield College), Springfield, Massachusetts
1892-1895: General Secretary and Physical Director, YMCA, Greenfield, Massachusetts
1895-1899: Assistant Secretary, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1899-1902: General Secretary, Bedford Branch YMCA, Brooklyn, New York
1902-1905: General Secretary, YMCA, Bridgeport, Connecticut
1905-1908: General Secretary, YMCA, Portland, Maine
1908-1911: General secretary, YMCA, North Adams, Massachusetts
1909: B. H. Worthy of Praise, Honorary Award from Springfield College
1911-1912: Associate Secretary, YMCA, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1912: General Secretary, YMCA, Waterbury, Connecticut