William C. Gloth
Biographical details | |
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Born | Erie, Pennsylvania | August 7, 1886
Died | December 3, 1944 Washington, D.C. | (aged 58)
Playing career | |
1904–1908 | Virginia |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1909–1910 | VMI |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 7–6–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
All-Southern (1907) | |
William Conrad Gloth (August 7, 1886 – December 3, 1944)[1][2] was an American football player and coach. Gloth was a center on Virginia Cavaliers football teams of the University of Virginia, noted for his ability to beat the ends downfield on a punt.[3] He was selected for the All-Southern team of "a well-known New York authority on sports" in 1907.[4] He was the ninth head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington, Virginia, serving for two seasons, from 1909 to 1910, and compiling a record of 7–6–1.[5]
Head coaching record[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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VMI Keydets (Independent) (1909–1910) | |||||||||
1909 | VMI | 4–3 | |||||||
1910 | VMI | 3–3–1 | |||||||
VMI: | 7–6–1 | ||||||||
Total: | 7–6–1 |
References[]
- ^ The National cyclopaedia of American biography: being the history of the ... - James Terry White - Google Books. 1967. Retrieved April 7, 2012 – via Google Books.
- ^ The National cyclopaedia of American biography: being the history of the ... - James Terry White - Google Books. 1967. Retrieved April 7, 2012 – via Google Books.
- ^ "More Coaches Coming". The Cavalier Daily. May 23, 1910.
- ^ "All-Southern Eleven". Charlotte Observer. December 16, 1907.
- ^ "Virginia Military Institute Coaching Records". Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
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- 1886 births
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- Virginia Cavaliers football players
- VMI Keydets football coaches
- All-Southern college football players
- Sportspeople from Erie, Pennsylvania
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1900s stubs