Bill Smaltz
{{Short description|American football player and coach (1918–2001)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bill Smaltz
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|3|17}}
| birth_place = Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|9|14|1918|3|17}}
| death_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1938–1941
| player_team1 = Penn State
| player_years2 = 1943
| player_team2 = Camp Edwards
| player_positions = Fullback, quarterback
| coach_years1 = 1946
| coach_team1 = Juniata (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1947–1953
| coach_team2 = Juniata
| coach_years3 = 1954–1970
| coach_team3 = NC State (assistant)
| overall_record = 32–17–2
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William Robert Smaltz Sr. (March 17, 1918 – September 14, 2001) was an American college football player and coach.{{cite web|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/smal01900.html|title=Bill Smaltz|publisher=Pro Football Archives|access-date=December 6, 2018}} He served as the head football coach at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1953, compiling a 32–17–2 record including an undefeated season in 1953.{{cite web|url=https://www.bcshof.org/halloffamers/smaltz1984.htm|title=William Smaltz|publisher=bcshof.org|access-date=December 6, 2018}} As a collegiate athlete, he quarterbacked the Penn State Nittany Lions football squad for three seasons and earned a selection by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1942 NFL draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/phi/draft.htm|title=Philadelphia Eagles Draft|publisher=Pro-Football-Reference|access-date=December 6, 2018}}
Smaltz played as a fullback on the 1943 Camp Edwards Yanks football team.{{cite news |last=Kaese |first=Harold |title=Hank Corrado Elected Edwards Grid Captain |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/123846005/ |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=October 20, 1943 |page=19 |access-date=May 1, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Juniata Indians
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1947
| endyear = 1953
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1947
| name = Juniata
| overall = 3–4
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1948
| name = Juniata
| overall = 4–2–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1949
| name = Juniata
| overall = 5–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1950
| name = Juniata
| overall = 4–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1951
| name = Juniata
| overall = 3–3–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = Juniata
| overall = 6–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1953
| name = Juniata
| overall = 7–0
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Juniata
| overall = 32–17–2
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 32–17–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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References
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{{Juniata Eagles football coach navbox}}
{{Penn State Nittany Lions quarterback navbox}}
{{Eagles1942DraftPicks}}
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Category:American football fullbacks
Category:American football quarterbacks
Category:Camp Edwards Yanks football players
Category:Juniata Eagles football coaches
Category:NC State Wolfpack football coaches
Category:Penn State Nittany Lions football players
Category:Players of American football from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania