Bill Smaltz Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bill Smaltz. Pro Football Archives. December 6, 2018.
  2. Web site: William Smaltz. bcshof.org. December 6, 2018.
  3. Web site: Philadelphia Eagles Draft. Pro-Football-Reference. December 6, 2018.
  4. News: Kaese . Harold . Hank Corrado Elected Edwards Grid Captain . . . October 20, 1943 . 19 . May 1, 2023 . .