Biographical details | |
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Born | Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S. | June 14, 1898
Died | June 2, 1943 Los Gatos, California, U.S. | (aged 44)
Playing career | |
1916–1918 | Navy |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1922 | William & Mary |
1923–1925 | Indiana |
1926–1930 | Navy |
1931–1934 | California |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 75–42–9 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 National (1926) | |
Awards | |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1973 (profile) |
William Austin Ingram (June 14, 1898 – June 2, 1943) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary (1922), Indiana University (1923–1925), the United States Naval Academy (1926–1930), and the University of California, Berkeley (1931–1934), compiling a career record of 75–42–9. Ingram's 1926 Navy team went 9–0–1 and was recognized as a national champion by the Boand System and the Houlgate System. Ingram was also known by the nickname "Navy Bill", due to his background at Annapolis.[1] He died in his sleep while serving as a Major in the Marine Corps.[2] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.
At Berkeley, hundreds of professors and students, like Merriman, ferverntly backed the strikers, while the football coach—William Ingram, an Annapolis graduate known as 'Navy Bill'—organized players to work as strikebreakers.