Bill Kern
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1906–1985)}}
{{for|the American baseball player|Bill Kern (baseball)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bill Kern
| image = Bill Kern.png
| alt =
| caption = Kern pictured in The Monticola 1941, West Virginia yearbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|9|3}}
| birth_place = Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|4|5|1906|9|2}}
| death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1925, 1927
| player_team1 = Pittsburgh
| player_years2 = 1929–1930
| player_team2 = Green Bay Packers
| player_positions = Tackle
| coach_years1 = 1936
| coach_team1 = Pittsburgh (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1937–1939
| coach_team2 = Carnegie Tech
| coach_years3 = 1940–1942
| coach_team3 = West Virginia
| coach_years4 = 1943
| coach_team4 = Del Monte Pre-Flight
| coach_years5 = 1946–1947
| coach_team5 = West Virginia
| overall_record = 43–36–2
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| awards =
- First-team All-American (1927)
- AFCA Coach of the Year (1938)
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}}
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|death_date={{Death date and age|1985|4|5|1906|9|2}}
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|Position=Tackle
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|College=Pittsburgh
|high_school=Wyoming Seminary (Kingston, PA)
|Height_ft=6
|Height_in=0
|Weight_lbs=187
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William Franklin Kern (September 2, 1906 – April 5, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a tackle at the University of Pittsburgh in 1925 and 1927 and then with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) in 1929 and 1930. Kern served as the head football coach at the Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1937 to 1939 and at West Virginia University from 1940 to 1942 and again in 1946 and 1947, compiling a career record of 36–35–2. In 1938, he led the Carnegie Tech Tartans to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to the national champion TCU Horned Frogs, 15–7.
Playing career
As a player in college, he was a first-team All-American tackle at the University of Pittsburgh in 1927.{{Cite book | editor1-last = Borghetti | editor1-first = E.J. | editor2-last = Nestor | editor2-first = Mendy | editor3-last = Welsh | editor3-first = Celeste | title = 2008 Pitt Football Media Guide | publisher = University of Pittsburgh | year = 2008 | location = Pittsburgh, PA | pages = 158 | url = http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2008FBMediaGuide.pdf | access-date = 2009-03-18 | archive-date = 2011-05-23 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110523130245/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pitt/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2008FBMediaGuide.pdf | url-status = dead }} Following college, Kern played tackle for the NFL's Green Bay Packers in 1929 and 1930.{{cite web | title = Bill Kern Statistics | work = Pro Football Reference | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KernBi20.htm | access-date = January 2, 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081207105936/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KernBi20.htm| archive-date= 7 December 2008 | url-status= live}}
Coaching career
Kern's tenure at West Virginia was interrupted by military service during World War II. He served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945.{{cite news |title=Kern Resigns as West Virginia Coach |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lmMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5035,1198746 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |agency=Associated Press |date=November 26, 1947 |access-date=December 29, 2010}}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Carnegie Tech Tartans
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1937
| endyear = 1939
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1937
| name = Carnegie Tech
| overall = 2–5–1
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1938
| name = Carnegie Tech
| overall = 7–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = Sugar
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 6
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = Carnegie Tech
| overall = 3–5
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Carnegie Tech
| overall = 12–12–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = West Virginia Mountaineers
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1940
| endyear = 1942
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1940
| name = West Virginia
| overall = 4–4–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1941
| name = West Virginia
| overall = 4–6
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1942
| name = West Virginia
| overall = 5–4
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Del Monte Pre-Flight Navyators
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1943
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1943
| name = Del Monte Pre-Flight
| overall = 7–1
| conference =
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = 8
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Del Monte Pre-Flight
| overall = 7–1
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = West Virginia Mountaineers
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1946
| endyear = 1947
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1946
| name = West Virginia
| overall = 5–5
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1947
| name = West Virginia
| overall = 6–4
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| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = West Virginia
| overall = 24–23–1
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 43–36–2
| bowls = no
| poll =
| polltype = Rankings from final AP Poll
| legend = no
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Footballstats |nfl=bill-kern |pfr=K/KernBi20 }}
- {{Find a Grave|117786729}}
{{Navboxes
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{{Carnegie Mellon Tartans football coach navbox}}
{{West Virginia Mountaineers football coach navbox}}
{{1929 Green Bay Packers}}
{{1930 Green Bay Packers}}
{{AFCA Coach of the Year}}
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Category:American football tackles
Category:Carnegie Mellon Tartans football coaches
Category:Del Monte Pre-Flight Navyators football coaches
Category:Green Bay Packers players
Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football coaches
Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football players
Category:West Virginia Mountaineers football coaches
Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II
Category:United States Navy officers
Category:Sportspeople from Kingston, Pennsylvania
Category:Players of American football from Luzerne County, Pennsylvania