Glenn Killinger

William Glenn Killinger (September 13, 1898 – July 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.

Glenn Killinger

Killinger in 1922
Biographical details
Born	(1898-09-13)September 13, 1898 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	July 25, 1988(1988-07-25) (aged 89) Stanton, Delaware, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1918–1921	Penn State
1921	Canton Bulldogs
1926	New York Giants
1926	Philadelphia Quakers
Basketball
1919–1921	Penn State
Baseball
1919–1921	Penn State
1922	Jersey City Skeeters
1923	Atlanta Crackers
1924	Harrisburg Senators
1926	Shamokin Indians
1927–1928	Harrisburg Senators
1929–1932	Williamsport Grays
Position(s)	Quarterback, halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1922	Dickinson
1923–1926	Penn State (assistant)
1927–1931	RPI
1933	Moravian
1934–1941	West Chester
1944	North Carolina Pre-Flight
1945–1959	West Chester
Basketball
1935–1940	West Chester
1945–1946	West Chester
Baseball
1924	Harrisburg Senators
1926	Shamokin Indians
1930	Williamsport Grays
1932	Wilkes-Barre Barons
1932	Allentown Buffaloes
1967–1970	West Chester
Head coaching record
Overall	176–72–16 (college football) 66–40 (college basketball) 59–29–2 (college baseball)
Bowls	3–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 7 PSTCC (1941, 1950, 1952–1954, 1956, 1959)
Awards
Football Consensus All-American (1921)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1971 (profile)

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]

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	UPI#
Dickinson Red and White (Independent) (1922)
1922	Dickinson	6–3
Dickinson:		6–3
RPI Engineers (Independent) (1927–1931)
1927	RPI	1–7
1928	RPI	4–3–1
1929	RPI	3–5
1930	RPI	4–2–2
1931	RPI	2–7
RPI:		14–24–3
Moravian Greyhounds (Independent) (1933)
1933	Moravian	3–2
Moravian:		3–2
West Chester Golden Rams (Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference / Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference) (1934–1941)
1934	West Chester	4–4	2–0	2nd
1935	West Chester	7–3	1–0	2nd
1936	West Chester	4–4–1	1–1	T–6th
1937	West Chester	6–3–1	2–1	T–5th
1938	West Chester	4–2–3	1–0–2	3rd
1939	West Chester	3–3–3	3–0	2nd
1940	West Chester	5–2–1	2–0	3rd
1941	West Chester	5–1–2	3–0	T–1st
North Carolina Pre-Flight Cloudbusters (Independent) (1944)
1944	North Carolina Pre-Flight	6–2–1
North Carolina Pre-Flight:		6–2–1
West Chester Golden Rams (Independent) (1945)
1945	West Chester	3–0–1
West Chester Golden Rams (Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference) (1946–1959)
1946	West Chester	9–1	2–1	T–3rd
1947	West Chester	10–1	3–0	1st[n 1]	W Burley, L Cigar
1948	West Chester	7–1	3–0	3rd	W Burley
1949	West Chester	8–1	3–0	3rd
1950	West Chester	7–2	4–0	1st
1951	West Chester	8–2	3–1	4th	W Pretzel Bowl
1952	West Chester	7–0	5–0	1st
1953	West Chester	7–1	4–0	1st
1954	West Chester	5–4	3–1	T–1st
1955	West Chester	6–3	3–1	2nd
1956	West Chester	7–1	4–0	1st
1957	West Chester	9–0	4–0	3rd
1958	West Chester	9–1	6–0	2nd		T–16
1959	West Chester	7–1	5–1	1st		10
West Chester:		147–41–11	67–7–2
Total:		176–72–16
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth
#Rankings from final UPI small college poll.

Notes

1. West Chester finished the 1947 season tied with Slippery Rock for the best record in the conference, but neither team was eligible for the conference title as neither has played the required four conference games. Mansfield won the conference title.^[3]

Further reading

Mealy, Todd M. (2018). Glenn Killinger, All-American: Penn State's World War I Era Sports Hero. (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.) ISBN 978-1476670515 Retrieved April 22, 2018

References

1. Jones, Wilbur D. (2009). "Football! Navy! War!": How Military "Lend-Lease" Players Saved the College Game and Helped Win World War II. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 124–126. ISBN 978-0-7864-4219-5. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
2. Beers, Paul (2011). City contented, city discontented : a history of modern Harrisburg. Midtown Scholar Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-9839571-0-2. OCLC 761221337.
3. Altschull, Herb (November 18, 1947). "Mansfield Wins Teachers Title Despite Loss". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. p. 17. Archived from the original on May 8, 2023. Retrieved May 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

• Media related to Glenn Killinger at Wikimedia Commons
• Glenn Killinger at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Glenn Killinger at Find a Grave