Bill Glassford
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Glassford from 1951 Cornhusker
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 8, 1914 Lancaster, Ohio |
| Alma mater | University of Pittsburgh (1936) |
| Playing career | |
| 1934–1936 | Pittsburgh |
| 1937 | Cincinnati Bengals (AFL II) |
| Position(s) | Fullback, guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1937–1939 | Manhattan (assistant) |
| 1940–1941 | Carnegie Tech (assistant) |
| 1942 | Yale (line) |
| 1946–1948 | New Hampshire |
| 1949–1955 | Nebraska |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 50–40–4 |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Statistics | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Yankee Conference (1947–1948) | |
James William "Bill" Glassford (born March 8, 1914) is a former American football player and coach. He attended the University of Pittsburgh where he played football earning first-team All-American status at guard. Born in Lancaster, Ohio,[1] he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and graduated in 1936. He played for the Cincinnati Bengals of the second American Football League in 1937.[2]
From 1946 to 1948, Glassford coached at the University of New Hampshire, where he compiled a 19–5–1 record. This includes an 8–1 record in 1947. From 1949 to 1955, he coached at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, where he compiled a 31–35–3 record. In 1949 his team went 4–5, 6–2–1 in 1950, 2–8 in 1951, 5–4–1 in 1952, 3–6–1 in 1953, 6–5 in 1954, and 5–5 in 1955. His three winning seasons were the only winning seasons the school had between 1941 and 1961. He also coached three All-Americans in Tom Novak (1949), Bobby Reynolds (1950), and Jerry Minnick (1952). He led the school to its first ever Orange Bowl in 1955, where they lost to Duke, 34–7. He retired after the 1955 season and went into private business in Arizona. He was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 2002[3] and turned 100 in 2014.[4]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| New Hampshire Wildcats (New England/Yankee Conference) (1946–1948) | |||||||||
| 1946 | New Hampshire | 6–1–1 | 3–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1947 | New Hampshire | 8–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1948 | New Hampshire | 5–3 | 3–1 | 1st | |||||
| New Hampshire: | 19–5–1 | 10–1–1 | |||||||
| Nebraska Cornhuskers (Big Eight Conference) (1949–1955) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Nebraska | 4–5 | 3–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1950 | Nebraska | 6–2–1 | 4–2 | 2nd | 20 | 17 | |||
| 1951 | Nebraska | 2–8 | 2–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1952 | Nebraska | 5–4–1 | 3–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1953 | Nebraska | 3–6–1 | 2–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 1954 | Nebraska | 6–5 | 4–2 | 2nd | L Orange | ||||
| 1955 | Nebraska | 5-5 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Nebraska: | 31–35–3 | 23–18–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 50–40–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
| #Rankings from final Coaches Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll. |
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References
- ↑ http://triblive.com/sports/college/pitt/5703294-74/glassford-pitt-football#axzz2vbhDjjgR
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- ↑ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1991075-pitts-oldest-known-living-football-letterman-turns-100
External links
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- 1914 births
- Living people
- American centenarians
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- Carnegie Mellon Tartans football coaches
- Manhattan Jaspers football coaches
- Nebraska Cornhuskers football coaches
- New Hampshire Wildcats football coaches
- Pittsburgh Panthers football players
- Yale Bulldogs football coaches
- People from Lancaster, Ohio
