Paul Bixler had quit after one season as Ohio State's head coach. The day Bixler quit, Lynn St. John proposed Wes Fesler as the school's 18th head football coach.
Fesler, as you may recall was one of the more decorated athletes in Ohio State history, earning a combined nine varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball for the Buckeyes. He was a three-time All-American on the gridiron, becoming just the only other Buckeye to match that feat of the legendary Chic Harley.
Following his playing career, Fesler spent two years on Sam Willaman's staff as an assistant at Ohio State before moving on to serve on a staff at Harvard, and then serving as Wesleyan's head football and basketball coach for two years.