American athlete and coach (1898–1988)
Glenn Killinger Killinger in 1922
Born (1898-09-13 ) September 13, 1898Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , U.S.Died July 25, 1988(1988-07-25) (aged 89)Stanton, Delaware , U.S. 1918–1921 Penn State 1921 Canton Bulldogs 1926 New York Giants 1926 Philadelphia Quakers 1919–1921 Penn State 1919–1921 Penn State 1922 Jersey City Skeeters 1923 Atlanta Crackers 1924 Harrisburg Senators 1926 Shamokin Indians 1927–1928 Harrisburg Senators 1929–1932 Williamsport Grays
Position(s) Quarterback , halfback (football)1922 Dickinson 1923–1926 Penn State (assistant)1927–1931 RPI 1933 Moravian 1934–1941 West Chester 1944 North Carolina Pre-Flight 1945–1959 West Chester 1935–1940 West Chester 1945–1946 West Chester 1924 Harrisburg Senators 1926 Shamokin Indians 1930 Williamsport Grays 1932 Wilkes-Barre Barons 1932 Allentown Buffaloes 1967–1970 West Chester
Overall 176–72–16 (college football) Bowls 3–1 FootballPSTCC (1941, 1950, 1952–1954, 1956, 1959) FootballAll-American (1921 )
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William Glenn Killinger (September 13, 1898 – July 25, 1988) was an American football , basketball , and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . He graduated Harrisburg Technical High School and then lettered in three sports at Pennsylvania State University , where he was an All-American in football in 1921 . Killinger then played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Canton Bulldogs and the New York Giants and for Philadelphia Quakers of the first American Football League in 1926 . Killinger served as the head football coach at Dickinson College (1922), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1927–1931), Moravian College (1933), West Chester University (1934–1941, 1945–1959), and with the North Carolina Pre-Flight School (1944),[ 1] college football head coaching record of 176–72–16. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1971.
Killinger was also a minor league baseball player from 1922 until 1932. During that time, he played for the Jersey City Skeeters (1922), Atlanta Crackers (1923), Harrisburg Senators (1924, 1927–1928), Shamokin Indians (1926) and the Williamsport Grays (1929–1932). He served as a manager for the Indians and the Senators, managing the latter to the Eastern League pennant in 1928.[ 2]
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Notes
^ West Chester finished the 1947 season tied with Slippery Rock for the best record in the conference, but neither team was eligible for the conference title as neither has played the required four conference games. Mansfield won the conference title.[ 3]
Further reading
Mealy, Todd M. (2018). Glenn Killinger, All-American: Penn State's World War I Era Sports Hero ISBN 978-1476670515 Retrieved April 22, 2018
References
^ Jones, Wilbur D. (2009). "Football! Navy! War!": How Military "Lend-Lease" Players Saved the College Game and Helped Win World War II ISBN 978-0-7864-4219-5 . Retrieved January 16, 2012 . ^ Beers, Paul (2011). City contented, city discontented : a history of modern Harrisburg ISBN 978-0-9839571-0-2 OCLC 761221337 . ^ Altschull, Herb (November 18, 1947). "Mansfield Wins Teachers Title Despite Loss" . The Morning Call Allentown, Pennsylvania . Associated Press . p. 17. Archived from the original on May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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