Bill Steers | |
Birth Date: | 13 April 1897 |
Death Place: | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1916–1917 |
Player Team2: | Oregon |
Player Years3: | 1918 |
Player Team3: | Mare Island Marines |
Player Years4: | 1919–1920 |
Player Team4: | Oregon |
Player Positions: | Halfback, quarterback |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1929–1940 |
Coach Team2: | California (PA) |
Overall Record: | 37–40–9 |
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William Henry "Wild Bill" Steers (April 13, 1897 – December 20, 1957) was an American college football player and coach and university professor.[1] He served as the head football coach at California University of Pennsylvania in California, Pennsylvania from 1929 to 1940, compiling a record of 37–40–9.
A native of The Dalles, Oregon, Steers played football at the University of Oregon, where he was a member of the 1919 Oregon Webfoots football team, which shared the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) title and played in the 1920 Rose Bowl. He earned a Master of Arts degree from Oregon in 1929 and a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1940. Steers was hired as a professor of physical educator at Ithaca College in 1940.[2] He joined the faculty at the University of Miami in 1945 as a physical education instructor and was later the director of education instruction at the university's School of Education.[3] Steers died on December 20, 1957.[4]