William Roper (football)

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William B. Roper (August 22, 1880 - December 10, 1933) was a legendary college football coach for Princeton. From 1903 to 1904, he coached at Virginia Military Institute where he compiled a 5-6 record. From 1906 to 1908, during his first stint as the head coach at Princeton, he compiled a 21-4-4 record. In 1909, he coached Missouri to a 7-0-1 record.

His second stint at Princeton lasted from 1910 to 1911. During that tenure, he compiled a 15-1-2 record. From 1915 to 1916, he coached at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. He compiled an 11-4-1 record there. His final stint at Princeton lasted from 1919 to 1930, but ended due to an illness.

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