Bill Warner (American football)

Bill Warner

Warner pictured in Yackety Yack 1906, UNC yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1881-01-24)January 24, 1881 Springville, New York, U.S.
Died	February 12, 1944(1944-02-12) (aged 63) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Playing career
1899–1902	Cornell
1902	Syracuse A. A.
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1903	Cornell
1904	Sherman Institute (CA)
1905	North Carolina
1906–1907	Colgate
1908	Sherman Institute (CA)
1909	Saint Louis
1910–1911	Oregon
Head coaching record
Overall	28–20–5
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2× Consensus All-American (1901, 1902)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1971 (profile)

William Jay Warner (January 24, 1881 – February 12, 1944) was an American football player and coach. Warner graduated from Cornell University in 1903 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971.

Following his playing career at Cornell University, Warner was the head football coach at Cornell University, the University of North Carolina, Colgate University, Saint Louis University, and the University of Oregon. He also coached football at Sherman Institute—now known as Sherman Indian High School—in Riverside, California.

Warner was the brother of famed football coach Pop Warner. In 1902, Bill and Glenn both played pro football for the Syracuse Athletic Club during the first World Series of Football, held at Madison Square Garden. It was during this event, that Warner played in the first professional indoor football game as his Syracuse squad upset the heavily favored "New York" team. While Glenn was injured during the event with a head injury, Bill and the rest of the Syracuse team went on to win the event.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Cornell (Independent) (1903)
1903	Cornell	6–3–1
Cornell:		6–3–1
North Carolina Tar Heels (Independent) (1905)
1905	North Carolina	4–3–1
North Carolina:		4–3–1
Colgate (Independent) (1906)
1906	Colgate	4–2–2
1907	Colgate	4–4–1
Colgate:		8–6–3
Saint Louis Blue and White (Independent) (1909)
1909	Saint Louis	3–5
Saint Louis:		3–5
Oregon Webfoots (Independent) (1910–1911)
1910	Oregon	4–1
1911	Oregon	3–2
Williams:		7–3
Total:		28–20–5

Additional sources

• Carroll, Bob (1980). "The First Football World Series" (PDF). Coffin Corner. 2 (Annual). Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2010.
• Peterson, Robert W. (1997). Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511913-4.
• McCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. ISBN 0-9648244-7-7.

External links

• Bill Warner at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Bill Warner at Find a Grave