Fox Stanton | |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1874 |
Birth Place: | New Jersey, U.S. |
Death Place: | Olympia, Washington, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1892 |
Player Team1: | Drexel |
Player Years2: | 1894–1896 |
Player Team2: | Pennington |
Player Positions: | Halfback |
Coach Years1: | 1908–1915 |
Coach Team1: | Pomona |
Coach Years2: | 1916 |
Coach Team2: | Occidental |
Coach Years3: | 1917 |
Coach Team3: | Camp Lewis |
Coach Years4: | 1918–1920 |
Coach Team4: | Occidental |
Coach Years5: | 1921–1941 |
Coach Team5: | Caltech |
Overall Record: | 116–133–18 |
Bowl Record: | 0–1 |
Championships: | 4 SCC (1916, 1923, 1930–1931) |
William Layton "Fox" Stanton (May 20, 1874 – November 28, 1946) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Pomona College from 1908 to 1915, at Occidental College in 1916 and again from 1918 to 1920, and at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 1921 to 1941. Stanton also coached a United States Army team from Fort Lewis in the 1918 Rose Bowl. died at the age of 72 on November 28, 1946, in Olympia, Washington.[1]