:Bill Saunders

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1898–1950)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Bill Saunders

| image = Bill Saunders.png

| alt =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|6|20}}

| birth_place = Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|3|13|1898|6|20}}

| death_place = Grenada, Mississippi, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1917–1918

| player_team1 = Navy

| player_positions = Lineman

| coach_years1 = 1923–1927

| coach_team1 = Colorado Agricultural (line)

| coach_years2 = 1928–1931

| coach_team2 = Colorado State Teachers

| coach_years3 = 1932–1934

| coach_team3 = Colorado

| coach_years4 = 1936–1938

| coach_team4 = Denver

| overall_record = 44–28–8

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 1 RMC (1934)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

William Hardin "Navy Bill" Saunders (June 20, 1898 – March 13, 1950) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Colorado State Teachers College—now the University of Northern Colorado—from 1928 to 1931, at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1932 to 1934, and at the University of Denver from 1936 to 1938, compiling a career college football record of 44–28–8. Saunders played football as a lineman at the United States Naval Academy and was later a line coach at the Agricultural College of Colorado, now Colorado State University.{{cite news |title=Saunders Signs for 5 Years As Colorado Football Coach |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=February 6, 1932 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/02/06/100686687.pdf |accessdate=November 22, 2010}} He died on March 13, 1950, at his plantation home in Grenada, Mississippi.{{cite news |author= |title=Death Summons Bill Saunders |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26127366/the_ogden_standardexaminer/ |newspaper=Standard-Examiner |location=Ogden, Utah |agency=Associated Press |date=March 14, 1950 |page=12 |access-date=December 10, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |title=W.H. Saunders: Former Coach Dies in Grenada |agency=Memphis Press-Scimitar |date=March 14, 1950}}

Head coaching record

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Colorado State Teachers

| conf = Rocky Mountain Conference

| startyear = 1928

| endyear = 1931

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1928

| name = Colorado State Teachers

| overall = 4–4

| conference = 3–4

| confstanding = 8th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1929

| name = Colorado State Teachers

| overall = 4–3

| conference = 3–2

| confstanding = 6th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1930

| name = Colorado State Teachers

| overall = 2–2–3

| conference = 2–2–3

| confstanding = T–5th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1931

| name = Colorado State Teachers

| overall = 2–4–1

| conference = 2–4–1

| confstanding = 9th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Colorado State Teachers

| overall = 12–13–4

| confrecord = 10–12–1

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Colorado Silver and Gold / Buffaloes

| conf = Rocky Mountain Conference

| startyear = 1932

| endyear = 1934

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1932

| name = Colorado

| overall = 2–4

| conference = 2–4

| confstanding = 8th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1933

| name = Colorado

| overall = 7–2

| conference = 5–2

| confstanding = 4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1934

| name = Colorado

| overall = 6–1–2

| conference = 6–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Colorado

| overall = 15–7–2

| confrecord = 13–7

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Denver Pioneers

| conf = Rocky Mountain Conference

| startyear = 1936

| endyear = 1937

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1936

| name = Denver

| overall = 7–1–1

| conference = 6–1–1

| confstanding = 2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1937

| name = Denver

| overall = 6–3

| conference = 5–2

| confstanding = T–3rd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Denver Pioneers

| conf = Mountain States Conference

| startyear = 1938

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1938

| name = Denver

| overall = 4–4–1

| conference = 3–2–1

| confstanding = T–2nd

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Denver

| overall = 17–8–2

| confrecord = 15–5–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 44–28–8

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

References

External links

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Category:1898 births

Category:1950 deaths

Category:Colorado Buffaloes football coaches

Category:Colorado State Rams football coaches

Category:Denver Pioneers football coaches

Category:Navy Midshipmen football players

Category:Northern Colorado Bears football coaches

Category:People educated at Maidstone Grammar School