William C. Spicer

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| name = William C. Spicer

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|3|27}}

| birth_place = Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|10|2|1868|3|27}}

| death_place = Gloversville, New York, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1888–1890

| player_team1 = Princeton

| player_positions = Halfback

| coach_years1 = 1892

| coach_team1 = Virginia

| coach_years2 = 1894–1895

| coach_team2 = Hamilton

| overall_record = 6–9–2

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William Cornman Spicer (March 27, 1868 – October 2, 1946) was an American college football player and coach and minister of the Presbyterian Church. He served as the head football coach at the University of Virginia in 1892 and Hamilton College from 1894 to 1895.{{cite journal |last=Miles |first=Lovick Pierce |date=December 1894 |title=Football In The South |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Outing/RplUAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA260&printsec=frontcover |journal=Outing |volume=XXV |issue=3 |publisher=Outing Publishing Company |page=260 |access-date=January 4, 2025 |via=Google Books }} Spicer was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Gloversville, New York for almost 40 years.

Spicer was born on March 27, 1868, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.{{cite book |title=Who's Who in American Sports |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica00unse/page/774/mode/1up |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=National Biographical Society, Inc. |year=1928 |page=774 |access-date=January 4, 2025 |via=Internet Archive }} He attended Princeton University, where he played on the football team before graduating with the class of 1891. Spicer also graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary. He first served as a pastor in Lyons Falls, New York. He died on October 2, 1946, in Gloversville.{{cite news |author= |title=Rev. Wm. Spicer Dies A 77 Yrs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-patriot-news-obituary-for-william-co/162296889// |newspaper=The Patriot-News |location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |date=October 3, 1946 |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-patriot-news/162297052/ 5] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}