Bill Ingram
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1898–1943)}}
{{For|the politician|Bill Ingram (politician)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bill Ingram
| image = Bill Ingram.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|6|14}}
| birth_place = Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|6|2|1898|6|14}}
| death_place = Los Gatos, California, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1916–1918
| player_team1 = Navy
| coach_years1 = 1922
| coach_team1 = William & Mary
| coach_years2 = 1923–1925
| coach_team2 = Indiana
| coach_years3 = 1926–1930
| coach_team3 = Navy
| coach_years4 = 1931–1934
| coach_team4 = California
| overall_record = 75–42–9
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 National (1926)
| awards =
- Second-team All-American (1917)
| coaching_records =
| CFBHOF_year = 1973
| CFBHOF_id = 1449
}}
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.{{cite book
| last = Hochschild
| first = Adam
| date = 29 March 2016
| title = Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939
| publisher = Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
| quote-page = 8
| isbn = 9780547973180
| quote = 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.
}} He died in his sleep while serving as a Major in the Marine Corps.{{Cite web|url=http://historicperiodicals.princeton.edu/historic/cgi-bin/historic?a=d&d=MarineCorpsChevron19430605-01.2.150&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------#|title=Marine Corps Chevron 5 June 1943 — Historical Periodicals}}
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.
Coaching career
From 1923 to 1925, he guided Indiana to a 10–12–1 record. At Navy he posted a 32–13–4 record. These totals included his 1926 team, which finished with a 9–0–1 record. He coached at California and won 27 games in four years. During the 1934 West Coast waterfront strike, Ingram organized his Cal players to work as strikebreakers.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = William & Mary Indians
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1922
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1922
| name = William & Mary
| overall = 6–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlgame =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = William & Mary
| overall = 6–3
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Indiana Hoosiers
| conf = Big Ten Conference
| startyear = 1923
| endyear = 1925
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1923
| name = Indiana
| overall = 3–4
| conference = 2–2
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1924
| name = Indiana
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = 7th
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1925
| name = Indiana
| overall = 3–4–1
| conference = 0–3–1
| confstanding = T–9th
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Indiana
| overall = 10–12–1
| confrecord = 3–8–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Navy Midshipmen
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1926
| endyear = 1930
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| year = 1926
| name = Navy
| overall = 9–0–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1927
| name = Navy
| overall = 6–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1928
| name = Navy
| overall = 5–3–1
| conference =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = Navy
| overall = 6–2–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = Navy
| overall = 6–5
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Navy
| overall = 32–13–4
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = California Golden Bears
| conf = Pacific Coast Conference
| startyear = 1931
| endyear = 1934
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1931
| name = California
| overall = 8–2
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1932
| name = California
| overall = 7–3–2
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = T–5th
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1933
| name = California
| overall = 6–3–2
| conference = 2–2–2
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1934
| name = California
| overall = 6–6
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlgame =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = California
| overall = 27–14–4
| confrecord = 11–7–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 75–42–9
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- {{College Football HoF|1449}}
- {{Find a Grave|73692493}}
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{{California Golden Bears football coach navbox}}
{{1926 Navy Midshipmen football navbox}}
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Category:Navy Midshipmen football coaches
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Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees
Category:United States Marine Corps officers
Category:United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II
Category:Sportspeople from Jeffersonville, Indiana
Category:Coaches of American football from Indiana