William Ford Bull (February 2, 1876 â December 17, 1941) was an American football player and coach and international Christian missionary. He credited with starting intercollegiate athletics at HampdenâÂÂSydney College in Hampden Sydney, Virginia and initiating the school's first football team. He led the HampdenâÂÂSydney squad as a player in 1892 and 1893 and as a player-coach in 1894. After graduating, he became a Christian missionary in Korea for the Southern Presbyterian Church, where he is credited with "leading thousands to Christ."