About Bill Cook
Bill Cook was an American athletics competitor and american football player.
Andrew J. "Bill" Cook ( – March 31, 1976) was an American junior college football coach. He served as the head football coach at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana, California from 1927 to 1952, compiling a record of 164–68–26. He led his teams at Santa Ana to two junior college national championships, in 1940 and 1942.
Cook graduated from Anaheim High School, in Anaheim, California, in 1922. He attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he played football and was a member of the track and field team. Cooked was the backfield coach for USC's freshman football team in 1926.
Cook died at age 71, on March 31, 1976, at South Coast Community Hospital in Santa Ana, after suffering a heart attack.
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Who was Bill Cook?
American football player and coach (1904–1976)
When did Bill Cook die?
Bill Cook died on 31 March 1976.
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Bill Cook was an athletics competitor and american football player.
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Bill Cook was American.
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