Asa G. Wiley

{{Short description|American football and wrestling coach (1911–1995)}}

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| name = Asa G. Wiley

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| birth_date = 1911

| birth_place = Wind Ridge, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date|1995|3|11}} (aged 83)

| death_place = Portersville, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1932

| player_team2 = Waynesburg

| player_positions =

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1939–1941

| coach_team2 = Waynesburg HS (PA)

| coach_years3 = 1942

| coach_team3 = Mount Pleasant HS (PA)

| coach_years4 = 1943

| coach_team4 = Greensburg HS (PA) (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1944–1945

| coach_team5 = Greensburg HS (PA)

| coach_years6 = 1946

| coach_team6 = Waynesburg

| coach_sport7 = Wrestling

| coach_years8 = 1939–1942

| coach_team8 = Waynesburg HS (PA)

| overall_record = 0–7–1 (college football)

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Asa Gordon "Ace" Wiley Jr. (1911 – March 11, 1995) was an American football and wrestling coach. Wiley was the head football coach at Waynesburg College—now known as Waynesburg University—in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, serving for the 1946 season and compiling a record of 0–7–1.{{cite web|url=http://www.sidearmdmg.com/waynesburg/football/|title=Waynesberg College Football Media Guide|publisher=Sidearm DMG|accessdate=February 14, 2011|page=79|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724034253/http://www.sidearmdmg.com/waynesburg/football/|archive-date=July 24, 2012|url-status=dead}}

Biography

Gordon was born in Wind Ridge, Pennsylvania. He attended Waynesburg College, where he captained the football team in 1932 and graduated in 1933.{{cite news |author= |title=Jackets Open With Geneva on Saturday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66029903/the-morning-herald/ |newspaper=The Morning Herald |location=Uniontown, Pennsylvania |date=September 24, 1946 |page=11 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

He subsequently earned master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. Gordon was a schoolteacher and coached wrestling and other sports in Wind Ridge, Waynesburg, and Greensburg, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |author= |title=Wiley, Asa Gordon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66029599/tampa-bay-times/ |newspaper=Tampa Bay Times |location=St. Petersburg, Florida |date=March 13, 1995 |page=122 |access-date=December 25, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}