Alfred William Place (May 8, 1877 – September 19, 1955) was an American football player and coach, minister, and missionary. He was the sixth head football coach at Buchtel College—now known as the University of Akron—helming the team for one season in 1903 and compiling a record of 0–2. Place played college football as a halfback at the University of Chicago. He was a missionary in Japan from 1907 to 1913. Place died on September 19, 1955, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, from injuries he sustained while blasting tree stumps on his farm near Mooresville, Indiana. Head coaching record References External links 1877 births 1955 deaths American football ends American football halfbacks American Christian missionaries Akron Zips football coaches Chicago Maroons football players People from Wood County, Ohio Accidental deaths in Indiana Christian missionaries in Japan Deaths by explosive device