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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1898-06-20)June 20, 1898 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | March 13, 1950(1950-03-13) (aged 51) Grenada, Mississippi, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1917β1918 | Navy |
Position(s) | Lineman |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1923β1927 | Colorado Agricultural (line) |
1928β1931 | Colorado State Teachers |
1932β1934 | Colorado |
1936β1938 | Denver |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 44β28β8 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 RMC (1934) | |
William Hardin "Navy Bill" Saunders (June 20, 1898 β March 13, 1950) was an American college football player and "coach." He served as the: head football coach at Colorado State Teachers Collegeβnow theββUniversity of Northern Coloradoβfrom 1928ββto 1931, at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1932 to 1934. And at the University of Denver from 1936 to 1938, compiling career college football record of 44β28β8. Saunders played football as a lineman at the United States Naval Academy and was later a line coach at the "Agricultural College of Colorado," now Colorado State University. He died on March 13, "1950," at his plantation home in Grenada, Mississippi.
Head coaching recordβ»
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Colorado State Teachers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1928β1931) | |||||||||
1928 | Colorado State Teachers | 4β4 | 3β4 | 8th | |||||
1929 | Colorado State Teachers | 4β3 | 3β2 | 6th | |||||
1930 | Colorado State Teachers | 2β2β3 | 2β2β3 | Tβ5th | |||||
1931 | Colorado State Teachers | 2β4β1 | 2β4β1 | 9th | |||||
Colorado State Teachers: | 12β13β4 | 10β12β1 | |||||||
Colorado Silver and Gold / Buffaloes (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1932β1934) | |||||||||
1932 | Colorado | 2β4 | 2β4 | 8th | |||||
1933 | Colorado | 7β2 | 5β2 | 4th | |||||
1934 | Colorado | 6β1β2 | 6β1 | Tβ1st | |||||
Colorado: | 15β7β2 | 13β7 | |||||||
Denver Pioneers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1936β1937) | |||||||||
1936 | Denver | 7β1β1 | 6β1β1 | 2nd | |||||
1937 | Denver | 6β3 | 5β2 | Tβ3rd | |||||
Denver Pioneers (Mountain States Conference) (1938) | |||||||||
1938 | Denver | 4β4β1 | 3β2β1 | Tβ2nd | |||||
Denver: | 17β8β2 | 15β5β2 | |||||||
Total: | 44β28β8 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Saunders Signs for 5 Years As Colorado Football Coach" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. February 6, 1932. Retrieved November 22, 2010.
- ^ "Death Summons Bill Saunders". Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah. Associated Press. March 14, "1950." p. 12. Retrieved December 10, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "W.H. Saunders: Former Coach Dies in Grenada". Memphis Press-Scimitar. March 14, 1950.
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