Bill Warner
 Warner pictured in Yackety Yak 1906, UNC yearbook | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 24, 1881 Springville, New York |
| Died |
February 12, 1944 (aged 63) Portland, Oregon |
| Playing career | |
| 1899–1902 | Cornell |
| 1902 | Syracuse A. A. |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1903 | Cornell |
| 1905 | North Carolina |
| 1906–1907 | Colgate |
| 1909 | Saint Louis |
| 1910–1911 | Oregon |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 25–15–5 |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1971 (profile) | |
William J. "Bill" Warner (January 24, 1881 – February 2, 1944) was an American football player and coach. Warner graduated from Cornell University in 1903 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.
Following his playing career at Cornell University, Warner was the head football coach at Cornell University, the University of North Carolina, Colgate University, St. Louis University, and the University of Oregon.
Warner was the brother of famed football coach Pop Warner. In 1902, Bill and Glenn both played pro football for the Syracuse Athletic Club during the first World Series of Football, held at Madison Square Garden. It was during this event, that Warner played in the very first professional indoor football game as his Syracuse squad upset the heavily favored "New York" team. While Glenn was injured during the event with a head injury, Bill and the rest of the Syracuse team went on to win the event.
References
- Carroll, Bob (1980). "The First Football World Series" (PDF). Coffin Corner. Professional Football Researchers Association. 2 (Annual): 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-15.
- Peterson, Robert W. (1997). Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511913-4.
- McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. ISBN 0-9648244-7-7.