 Killinger in 1922 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 13, 1898 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | July 25, 1988 (aged 89) Stanton, Delaware, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1918–1921 | Penn State |
| 1921 | Canton Bulldogs |
| 1926 | New York Giants |
| 1926 | Philadelphia Quakers |
| Basketball | |
| 1919–1921 | Penn State |
| Baseball | |
| 1919–1921 | Penn State |
| 1922 | Jersey City Skeeters |
| 1923 | Atlanta Crackers |
| 1924 | Harrisburg Senators |
| 1926 | Shamokin Indians |
| 1927–1928 | Harrisburg Senators |
| 1929–1932 | Williamsport Grays |
| Position(s) | Quarterback, halfback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1922 | Dickinson |
| 1923–1926 | Penn State (assistant) |
| 1927–1931 | RPI |
| 1933 | Moravian |
| 1934–1941 | West Chester |
| 1944 | North Carolina Pre-Flight |
| 1945–1959 | West Chester |
| Basketball | |
| 1935–1940 | West Chester |
| 1945–1946 | West Chester |
| Baseball | |
| 1924 | Harrisburg Senators |
| 1926 | Shamokin Indians |
| 1930 | Williamsport Grays |
| 1932 | Wilkes-Barre Barons |
| 1932 | Allentown Buffaloes |
| 1967–1970 | West Chester |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 176–72–16 (college football) 66–40 (college basketball) 59–29–2 (college baseball) |
| Bowls | 3–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 7 PSTCC (1941, 1950, 1952–1954, 1956, 1959) | |
| Awards | |
| Football Consensus All-American (1921) | |
| College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1971 (profile) | |
William Glenn Killinger (September 13, 1898 – July 25, 1988) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated Harrisburg Technical High School and then lettered in three sports at Pennsylvania State University, where he was an All-American in football in 1921. Killinger then played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Canton Bulldogs and the New York Giants and for Philadelphia Quakers of the first American Football League in 1926. Killinger served as the head football coach at Dickinson College (1922), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1927–1931), Moravian College (1933), West Chester University (1934–1941, 1945–1959), and with the North Carolina Pre-Flight School (1944),[1] compiling a career college football head coaching record of 176–72–16. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1971.
Killinger was also a minor league baseball player from 1922 until 1932. During that time, he played for the Jersey City Skeeters (1922), Atlanta Crackers (1923), Harrisburg Senators (1924, 1927–1928), Shamokin Indians (1926) and the Williamsport Grays (1929–1932). He served as a manager for the Indians and the Senators, managing the latter to the Eastern League pennant in 1928.[2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | UPI# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickinson Red and White (Independent) (1922) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Dickinson | 6–3 | |||||||
| Dickinson: | 6–3 | ||||||||
| RPI Engineers (Independent) (1927–1931) | |||||||||
| 1927 | RPI | 1–7 | |||||||
| 1928 | RPI | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1929 | RPI | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1930 | RPI | 4–2–2 | |||||||
| 1931 | RPI | 2–7 | |||||||
| RPI: | 14–24–3 | ||||||||
| Moravian Greyhounds (Independent) (1933) | |||||||||
| 1933 | Moravian | 3–2 | |||||||
| Moravian: | 3–2 | ||||||||
| West Chester Golden Rams (Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference / Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference) (1934–1941) | |||||||||
| 1934 | West Chester | 4–4 | 2–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1935 | West Chester | 7–3 | 1–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1936 | West Chester | 4–4–1 | 1–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1937 | West Chester | 6–3–1 | 2–1 | T–5th | |||||
| 1938 | West Chester | 4–2–3 | 1–0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1939 | West Chester | 3–3–3 | 3–0 | 2nd | |||||
| 1940 | West Chester | 5–2–1 | 2–0 | 3rd | |||||
| 1941 | West Chester | 5–1–2 | 3–0 | T–1st | |||||
| North Carolina Pre-Flight Cloudbusters (Independent) (1944) | |||||||||
| 1944 | North Carolina Pre-Flight | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| North Carolina Pre-Flight: | 6–2–1 | ||||||||
| West Chester Golden Rams (Independent) (1945) | |||||||||
| 1945 | West Chester | 3–0–1 | |||||||
| West Chester Golden Rams (Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference) (1946–1959) | |||||||||
| 1946 | West Chester | 9–1 | 2–1 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1947 | West Chester | 10–1 | 3–0 | 1st[n 1] | W Burley, L Cigar | ||||
| 1948 | West Chester | 7–1 | 3–0 | 3rd | W Burley | ||||
| 1949 | West Chester | 8–1 | 3–0 | 3rd | |||||
| 1950 | West Chester | 7–2 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1951 | West Chester | 8–2 | 3–1 | 4th | W Pretzel Bowl | ||||
| 1952 | West Chester | 7–0 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1953 | West Chester | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1954 | West Chester | 5–4 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1955 | West Chester | 6–3 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1956 | West Chester | 7–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1957 | West Chester | 9–0 | 4–0 | 3rd | |||||
| 1958 | West Chester | 9–1 | 6–0 | 2nd | T–16 | ||||
| 1959 | West Chester | 7–1 | 5–1 | 1st | 10 | ||||
| West Chester: | 147–41–11 | 67–7–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 176–72–16 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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