William C. Kenyon | |
Birth Date: | 5 December 1898 |
Birth Place: | Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Death Place: | Bangor, Maine, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1919–1922 |
Player Team2: | Georgetown |
Player Years3: | 1925 |
Player Team3: | New York Giants |
Player Sport4: | Baseball |
Player Years5: | c. 1920 |
Player Team5: | Georgetown |
Player Positions: | End, fullback, tailback (football) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1926–1941 |
Coach Team2: | Maine (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1942 |
Coach Team3: | Maine |
Coach Years4: | 1944–1945 |
Coach Team4: | Maine |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | ?–1935 |
Coach Team6: | Maine (freshmen) |
Coach Years7: | 1935–1942 |
Coach Team7: | Maine |
Coach Years8: | 1944–1945 |
Coach Team8: | Maine |
Coach Sport9: | Baseball |
Coach Years10: | 1926–1935 |
Coach Team10: | Maine (freshmen) |
Coach Years11: | 1936–1943 |
Coach Team11: | Maine |
Coach Years12: | 1945–1949 |
Coach Team12: | Maine |
Overall Record: | 4–11 (football) 33–51 (basketball) 67–111–2 (baseball) |
William Curtis Kenyon (December 5, 1898 – May 6, 1951) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine in 1942 and from 1944 to 1945, compiling a record of 4–11. Kenyon also the head coach of the basketball team at Maine from 1935 to 1943 and again in 1944–45, and the head coach of the baseball team at the school from 1936 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1949. Kenyon played college football at Georgetown University from 1919 to 1922 and in the National Football League (NFL) with the New York Giants in 1925. He also played baseball at Georgetown and was inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1927.[1] Kenyon died on May 6, 1951, at a hospital in Bangor, Maine.[2]
Below is a table of Kenyon's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[3]