William C. Kenyon
 Kenyon pictured in The Prism 1943, Maine yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 5, 1898 Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | May 6, 1951 (aged 52) Bangor, Maine, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1919–1922 | Georgetown |
| 1925 | New York Giants |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1920 | Georgetown |
| Position(s) | End, fullback, tailback (football) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1941 | Maine (assistant) |
| 1942 | Maine |
| 1944–1945 | Maine |
| Basketball | |
| ?–1935 | Maine (freshmen) |
| 1935–1942 | Maine |
| 1944–1945 | Maine |
| Baseball | |
| 1926–1935 | Maine (freshmen) |
| 1936–1943 | Maine |
| 1945–1949 | Maine |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–11 (football) 33–51 (basketball) 67–111–2 (baseball) |
William Curtis Kenyon (December 5, 1898 – May 6, 1951) was an American football and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. 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 (NFL) 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]
Head coaching record
[edit]Football
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Black Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association / New England Conference) (1942) | |||||||||
| 1942 | Maine | 2–4 | 2–1 / 0–2 | / 5th | |||||
| Maine Black Bears (New England Conference) (1944–1945) | |||||||||
| 1944 | Maine | 2–2 | 1–1 | T–1st | |||||
| 1945 | Maine | 0–5 | 0–3 | 3rd | |||||
| Maine: | 4–11 | 2–1 (MIAA) 1–6 (New England) |
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| Total: | 4–11 | ||||||||
Baseball
[edit]Below is a table of Kenyon's yearly records as a collegiate head baseball coach.[3]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Black Bears (1936) | |||||||||
| 1936 | Maine | 6–6 | |||||||
| Maine Black Bears (New England Conference) (1937–1943) | |||||||||
| 1937 | Maine | 9–5–1 | 3–3 | 2nd | |||||
| 1938 | Maine | 11–7 | 6–2 | 1st | |||||
| 1939 | Maine | 4–13 | 0–8 | 5th | |||||
| 1940 | Maine | 5–11 | 1–6 | 5th | |||||
| 1941 | Maine | 4–12 | 1–6 | 5th | |||||
| 1942 | Maine | 6–8 | 3–5 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1943 | Maine | 4–8 | 3–5 | 4th | |||||
| Maine Black Bears (1945–1948) | |||||||||
| 1945 | Maine | 2–7 | |||||||
| 1946 | Maine | 3–8 | |||||||
| 1947 | Maine | 7–6 | |||||||
| 1948 | Maine | 2–9–1 | |||||||
| Maine Black Bears (Yankee Conference) (1949) | |||||||||
| 1949 | Maine | 4–11 | 1–4 | 5th | |||||
| Maine: | 67–111–2 | 18–39 | |||||||
| Total: | 67–111–2 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Athletic Hall of Fame". Georgetown University Official Athletic Site. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "William C. Kenyon" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. May 7, 1951. Retrieved July 14, 2011.
- ^ "Baseball" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2014.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
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