Researching Alvin Twitchell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 59 people with the Twitchell surname? In that year Twitchell was ranked number 3520 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alvin means "Noble friend" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Alvin Twitchell on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alvin Twitchell and the Twitchell Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 59 people with the Twitchell surname in the UK? Twitchell is now ranked number 3987 for popularity in the UK. |
Twitchell Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Twitchell surname in the USA? Twitchell is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Alvin Twitchell
Alvin Twitchell
Alvin Greenwood Twitchell (May 13, 1892 – May 10, 1955) was an American football and basketball coach. He was the first head football coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), serving from 1922 to 1924 and compiling a record of 5–13–1. Twitchell was also the head basketball coach at BYU from 1920 to 1925 and at Colorado College from 1926 to 1930, amassing a career college basketball mark of 100–51.
Twitchell started his football coaching tenure at BYU in 1922 with a game against Utah Agricultural in Logan, Utah. BYU lost the game 41–3. Twitchell finished the year with a record of 1–5 with the only win coming against the Wyoming. His career record at BYU was 5–13–1.
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