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 =

| 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 =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{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

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{{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

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1927

| name = Navy

| overall = 6–3

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1928

| name = Navy

| overall = 5–3–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1929

| name = Navy

| overall = 6–2–2

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1930

| name = Navy

| overall = 6–5

| conference =

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Navy

| overall = 32–13–4

| confrecord =

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{{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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