Bill Smaltz
American football player and coach (1918–2001)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1918-03-17)March 17, 1918 Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | September 14, 2001(2001-09-14) (aged 83) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1938–1941 | Penn State |
1943 | Camp Edwards |
Position(s) | Fullback, quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1946 | Juniata (assistant) |
1947–1953 | Juniata |
1954–1970 | NC State (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 32–17–2 |
William Robert Smaltz Sr. (March 17, 1918 – September 14, 2001) was an American college football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1953, compiling a 32–17–2 record including an undefeated season in 1953.[2] As a collegiate athlete, he quarterbacked the Penn State Nittany Lions football squad for three seasons and earned a selection by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1942 NFL draft.[3]
Smaltz played as a fullback on the 1943 Camp Edwards Yanks football team.[4]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Juniata Indians (Independent) (1947–1953) | |||||||||
1947 | Juniata | 3–4 | |||||||
1948 | Juniata | 4–2–1 | |||||||
1949 | Juniata | 5–2 | |||||||
1950 | Juniata | 4–4 | |||||||
1951 | Juniata | 3–3–1 | |||||||
1952 | Juniata | 6–2 | |||||||
1953 | Juniata | 7–0 | |||||||
Juniata: | 32–17–2 | ||||||||
Total: | 32–17–2 |
References
- ^ "Bill Smaltz". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "William Smaltz". bcshof.org. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Philadelphia Eagles Draft". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ Kaese, Harold (October 20, 1943). "Hank Corrado Elected Edwards Grid Captain". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 19. Retrieved May 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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Juniata Eagles head football coaches
- B. V. Cecil (1920)
- Ronald C. Kichline (1921)
- Carl Henry Hoffman (1922)
- Harry Rote (1923–1924)
- Philip Aines (1925–1926)
- Reynold Siersema (1927–1929)
- Ross Swartz (1930–1941)
- P. Mike Snider (1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- P. Mike Snider (1946)
- Bill Smaltz (1947–1953)
- Robert C. Hicks (1954–1955)
- Kenneth Bunn (1956–1962)
- Fred Prender (1963–1968)
- Walt Nadzak (1969–1976)
- Dean Rossi (1977–1979)
- Rob Ash (1980–1988)
- Brad Small (1989–1991)
- Chris Coller (1992–1994)
- Tom Gibboney (1995–1997)
- Kevin Burke (1998–2003)
- Darrell Alt (2004–2008)
- Carmen Felus (2009–2010)
- Tim Launtz (2011–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Josh Carter (2021– )