William C. Kenyon

William C. Kenyon
Kenyon pictured in The Prism 1943, Maine yearbook
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born December 5, 1898(1898-12-05)
Place of birth Manchester, New Hampshire
Died May 6, 1951(1951-05-06) (aged 52)
Place of death Bangor, Maine
Playing career
Football
1919–1922
1925

Baseball
c. 1920

Georgetown
New York Giants


Georgetown
Position(s) End, fullback, tailback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1926–1941
1942
1944–1945

Basketball
?–1935
1935–1942
1944–1945

Baseball
1926–1935
1936–1943
1945–1949

Maine (assistant)
Maine
Maine


Maine (freshmen)
Maine
Maine


Maine (freshmen)
Maine
Maine
Head coaching record
Overall 4–11 (football)
33–51 (basketball)
67–111–2 (baseball)
Statistics
College Football Data Warehouse

William Curtis "Bill" Kenyon (December 5, 1898 – May 6, 1951) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball in the United States. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine in 1942 and from 1944 to 1945, compiling a record of 4–11. Kenyon also the head coach of the basketball team at Maine from 1935 to 1943 and again in 1944–45, and the head coach of the baseball team at the school from 1936 to 1943 and again from 1945 to 1949. Kenyon played college football at Georgetown University from 1919 to 1922 and in the National Football League with the New York Giants in 1925. He also played baseball at Georgetown and was inducted into the university's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1927.[1] Kenyon died on May 6, 1951 at a hospital in Bangor, Maine.[2]

Contents

Head coaching record

Football

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Maine Black Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1942)
1942 Maine 2–4
Maine Black Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1944–1945)
1944 Maine 2–2
1945 Maine 0–5
Maine: 4–11
Total: 4–11

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