Bill Ingram

Bill Ingram
Biographical details
Born(1898-06-14)June 14, 1898
Jeffersonville, Indiana, U.S.
DiedJune 2, 1943(1943-06-02) (aged 44)
Los Gatos, California, U.S.
Playing career
1916–1918Navy
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1922William & Mary
1923–1925Indiana
1926–1930Navy
1931–1934California
Head coaching record
Overall75–42–9
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 National (1926)
Awards
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1973 (profile)

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.[1] He died in his sleep while serving as a Major in the Marine Corps.[2] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1973.

  1. ^ Hochschild, Adam (March 29, 2016). Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780547973180. p. 8: 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.
  2. ^ "Marine Corps Chevron 5 June 1943 — Historical Periodicals".