Bill Smaltz | |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1918 |
Birth Place: | Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1938–1941 |
Player Team1: | Penn State |
Player Years2: | 1943 |
Player Team2: | Camp Edwards |
Player Positions: | Fullback, quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1946 |
Coach Team1: | Juniata (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1947–1953 |
Coach Team2: | Juniata |
Coach Years3: | 1954–1970 |
Coach Team3: | NC State (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 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]