Glenn Killinger

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Glenn Killinger
Shamokin Indians
1927–1928Harrisburg Senators
1929–1932Williamsport Grays
Position(s)
Shamokin Indians
1930Williamsport Grays
1932Wilkes-Barre Barons
1932Allentown Buffaloes
1967–1970West Chester
Head coaching record
Overall176–72–16 (college football)
66–40 (college basketball)
59–29–2 (college baseball)
Bowls3–1
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

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

Eastern League pennant in 1928.[2]

Head coaching record

College football

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
) (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
) (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
  • #Rankings from final UPI small college poll.

Notes

  1. Mansfield won the conference title.[3]

Further reading

Mealy, Todd M. (2018). Glenn Killinger, All-American: Penn State's World War I Era Sports Hero. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.)

Retrieved April 22, 2018

References