Miles O. Noll was a clergyman, educator, and American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 coach in the United States.

Coaching career

Noll was the first head college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 coach for the Franklin & Marshall

Franklin & Marshall College

Franklin & Marshall College is a four-year private co-educational residential national liberal arts college in the Northwest Corridor neighborhood of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States....

 Diplomats located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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. He held that position for the 1887 season. His coaching record at Franklin & Marshall was 0 wins and 2 losses. As of the conclusion of the 2010 season, this ranks him #39 at Franklin & Marshall in total wins and #39 at the school in winning percentage .

Clergy

Reverend Noll became a pastor and president of the Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church

Reformed Church in America

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, living in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

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