William H. Spaulding
American football player and sports coach (1880–1966) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William H. Spaulding (May 4, 1880 – October 12, 1966) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. Spaulding coached at UCLA from 1925 to 1938. He had a successful tenure, compiling a 72–51–8 (.580) record. He also served as the head football coach at the University of Minnesota from 1922 to 1924. His record there was 11–7–4 (.591). He succeeded the legendary football coach Henry L. Williams. Prior to coaching at Minnesota he coached Western State Normal School (now known as Western Michigan University) from 1907 to 1921. Spaulding was the head football, basketball and baseball at Western State Normal. Spaulding attended Wabash College, where he played college football. In 1984, he was inducted into the Wabash College Athletic Hall of Fame.[1][2]
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1880-05-04)May 4, 1880 Melrose, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | October 12, 1966(1966-10-12) (aged 86) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1903–1906 | Wabash |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1907–1921 | Western State |
1922–1924 | Minnesota |
1925–1938 | Southern Branch / UCLA |
Basketball | |
1913–1922 | Western State |
Baseball | |
1911–1921 | Western State |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1938–1947 | UCLA |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 145–83–15 (football) 77–43 (basketball) 63–18–4 (baseball) |
Bowls | 1–0 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 PCC (1935) | |