William Penn Bates (June 7, 1879 – March 2, 1956) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football as a fullback at Brown University for four years, including as team captain in 1901.[1][2] Bates served as the head football coach at Auburn University in 1903 and at Franklin & Marshall College from 1904 to 1905, compiling a career coaching record of 8–19. Bates was also the head basketball coach at Franklin & Marshall from 1903 to 1905, tallying a mark of 11–9, and the head baseball coach at the school from 1905 to 1906, notching a record of 6–14–1.
 Bates at Auburn in 1903 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 7, 1879 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died | March 2, 1956 (aged 76) Sarasota, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1898–1901 | Brown |
| Position(s) | Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1903 | Auburn |
| 1904–1905 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Basketball | |
| 1903–1905 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Baseball | |
| 1905–1906 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–19 (football) 11–9 (basketball) 6–14–1 (baseball) |
Coaching career
editAfter graduating from Brown in 1902, Bates was the head football coach for the 1903 Auburn Tigers football team. His team compiled a record of 4–3.[3]
The following year, he became the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He held that position for the 1904 and 1905 seasons.[4] His coaching record at Franklin & Marshall was 4–16.
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1903) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Auburn | 4–3 | 2–3 | 10th | |||||
| Auburn: | 4–3 | 2–3 | |||||||
| Franklin & Marshall (Independent) (1904–1905) | |||||||||
| 1904 | Franklin & Marshall | 0–10 | |||||||
| 1905 | Franklin & Marshall | 4–6 | |||||||
| Franklin & Marshall: | 4–16 | ||||||||
| Total: | 8–19 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ The Dartmouth. Hanover, NH: The Dartmouth Press. September 21, 1900. p. 230. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ Thacher Howland Guild; Walter Louis Frost; Robert Irving Steere; John Boyden Eaton; James Duncan McLeod; Michael John Linden; Howard Hiram Tucker; Stewart Baker McLeod; Edward Farnham Greene; Arthur Ogden Clift; John Packard Gray; Earnest Palmer Carr; Henry Cleaves Sullivan, eds. (1901). "Liber Brunensis" (Annual). Springfield, MA: Brown University. p. 215. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ George Dunglinson, Jr.; John McDuffie, Jr.; W. M. Wilson; A. W. Merkel; H. McDonnell; W. H. McEniry; A. G. Jones; W. M. Shepard, eds. (1904). "Glomerata" (Annual). Auburn, AL: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. p. 175. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
- ^ Shafer, Ian. "Franklin & Marshall College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2011.