Bruce Griffith
Bruce Griffith was an American college football player and coach, missionary, and postmaster. He was the captain of the Franklin & Marshall College football team in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1892, during a period of time when the captain also served as the team's head coach. Griffith led the team to a record of 6–7 in two seasons.
Biography
Griffith was born on October 28, 1867, in Pavia Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. He attended Franklin & Marshall College, where he trained for the seminary and played football as an end. He moved to Wichita, Kansas in the 1890s, serving there as a missionary pastor for the Reformed Church before working in the insurance business with Aetna.During the early 1900s, Griffith was commissioned as a colonel in the Kansas National Guard. During World War I, he served as a lieutenant colonel with the 130th Field Artillery Regiment at Fort Sill. U.S. president Herbert Hoover appointed Griffith as postmaster of Wichita, an office he held for four years.