Background
Willard Steele was born on December 11, 1884 in Corinth, Mississippi to Newton Chambers Steele, also a doctor, and Frances Ella Jones.
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Willard Steele
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He attended both Baylor School and Castle Heights Military Academy.
Career
He specialized in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat. Football
Steele played halfback for the Bulldogs of University in Lebanon, Tennessee. = 1904 He made the All-Southern team in the year of 1904, his first on the team
One account reads "Willard Steele, at left half, weight 178 and height 5 feet 10 inches was easily the star of the team, and was placed on all-southern teams by Edwin Camp, Rice of the Atlanta Journal, and Buckingham of the Memphis Appeal.
This is his first year of Varsity ball, after three years on strong prep teams. On the offense he is a hard, fierce player, whom it requires several men to down, and when playing on the defensive he is a masher of interference."
= 1905 Steele"s career was plagued by injuries, and he played only a single varsity game in 1905.
Vanderbilt and Jefferson Medical College
After he went to Vanderbilt University to further his studies a few years, obtaining his M. Doctorate. from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1911. Chattanooga
Steele practiced for many years in Chattanooga.
Membership
At he was a member of Kappa Sigma.
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United States