W. H. Britton Explained

W. H. Britton
Birth Date:4 June 1892
Birth Place:Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:Brooks, Georgia, U.S.
Alma Mater:Army (1916)
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1914–1915
Player Team2:Army
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1916
Coach Years3:1926–1934
Coach Team3:Tennessee (ends)
Coach Years4:1935
Coach Team4:Tennessee
Coach Years5:1936–1942, 1946
Coach Team5:Tennessee (ends)
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1926–1935
Coach Team7:Tennessee
Overall Record:7–7–1 (football)
80–73 (basketball)

William Hamilton Britton (June 4, 1892 – November 29, 1982)[1] was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee for one season in 1935, coaching in the absence of Robert Neyland, who left for active duty in the United States Army.[2] Britton's career football record was 4–5. Britton was also the head basketball coach at Tennessee from 1926 to 1935, tallying a mark of 80–73.

After his playing career at the United States Military Academy ended, he was stationed at Fort Shafter in Hawaii,[3] where he served for a season as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii.[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y.: From Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890; with the Early History of the United States Military Academy. Cullum. George Washington. 1940.
  2. Book: 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book . 2011 . University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office . Knoxville, Tennessee . 119 . March 11, 2012 .
  3. Book: Cullum, George Washington. Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S, Volume 6. Houghton, Mifflin. 1920. February 12, 2018.
  4. News: William Britton Records by Year . College Football Data Warehouse . December 1, 2007 .