Biographical details | |
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Born | Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S. | June 14, 1898
Died | June 2, 1943 Los Gatos, California, U.S. | (aged 44)
Playing career | |
1916–1918 | Navy |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1922 | William & Mary |
1923–1925 | Indiana |
1926–1930 | Navy |
1931–1934 | California |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 75–42–9 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 National (1926) | |
Awards | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1973 (profile) |
William Austin Ingram (June 14, 1898 – June 2, 1943) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary (1922), Indiana University (1923–1925), the United States Naval Academy (1926–1930), and the University of California, Berkeley (1931–1934), compiling a career record of 75–42–9. Ingram's 1926 Navy team went 9–0–1 and was recognized as a national champion by the Boand System and the Houlgate System. Ingram was also known by the nickname "Navy Bill", due to his background at Annapolis.[1] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973, and he died in his sleep while serving as a Major in the Marine Corps.[2]
At Berkeley, hundreds of professors and students, like Merriman, ferverntly backed the strikers, while the football coach—William Ingram, an Annapolis graduate known as 'Navy Bill'—organized players to work as strikebreakers.
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