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           

General Facts