| Glenn Killinger | |
| Birth Date: | 13 September 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Stanton, Delaware, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1918–1921 |
| Player Team2: | Penn State |
| Player Years3: | 1921 |
| Player Team3: | Canton Bulldogs |
| Player Years4: | 1926 |
| Player Team4: | New York Giants |
| Player Years5: | 1926 |
| Player Team5: | Philadelphia Quakers |
| Player Sport6: | Basketball |
| Player Years7: | 1919–1921 |
| Player Team7: | Penn State |
| Player Sport8: | Baseball |
| Player Years9: | 1919–1921 |
| Player Team9: | Penn State |
| Player Years10: | 1922 |
| Player Team10: | Jersey City Skeeters |
| Player Years11: | 1923 |
| Player Team11: | Atlanta Crackers |
| Player Years12: | 1924 |
| Player Team12: | Harrisburg Senators |
| Player Years13: | 1926 |
| Player Team13: | Shamokin Indians |
| Player Years14: | 1927–1928 |
| Player Team14: | Harrisburg Senators |
| Player Years15: | 1929–1932 |
| Player Team15: | Williamsport Grays |
| Player Positions: | Quarterback, halfback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1922 |
| Coach Team2: | Dickinson |
| Coach Years3: | 1923–1926 |
| Coach Team3: | Penn State (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1927–1931 |
| Coach Team4: | RPI |
| Coach Years5: | 1933 |
| Coach Team5: | Moravian |
| Coach Years6: | 1934–1941 |
| Coach Team6: | West Chester |
| Coach Years7: | 1944 |
| Coach Team7: | North Carolina Pre-Flight |
| Coach Years8: | 1945–1959 |
| Coach Team8: | West Chester |
| Coach Sport9: | Basketball |
| Coach Years10: | 1935–1940 |
| Coach Team10: | West Chester |
| Coach Years11: | 1945–1946 |
| Coach Team11: | West Chester |
| Coach Sport12: | Baseball |
| Coach Years13: | 1924 |
| Coach Team13: | Harrisburg Senators |
| Coach Years14: | 1926 |
| Coach Team14: | Shamokin Indians |
| Coach Years15: | 1930 |
| Coach Team15: | Williamsport Grays |
| Coach Years16: | 1932 |
| Coach Team16: | Wilkes-Barre Barons |
| Coach Years17: | 1932 |
| Coach Team17: | Allentown Buffaloes |
| Coach Years18: | 1967–1970 |
| Coach Team18: | West Chester |
| Overall Record: | 176–72–16 (college football) 66–40 (college basketball) 59–29–2 (college baseball) |
| Bowl Record: | 3–1 |
| Championships: | Football 7 PSTCC (1941, 1950, 1952–1954, 1956, 1959) |
| Awards: | Football Consensus All-American (1921) |
| Cfbhof Year: | 1971 |
| Cfbhof Id: | 1382 |
William Glenn Killinger (September 13, 1898July 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] compiling a career 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]
Mealy, Todd M. (2018). Glenn Killinger, All-American: Penn State's World War I Era Sports Hero. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.) Retrieved April 22, 2018