Bill Supplee

William C. "Zuke" Supplee (December 21, 1903 – July 1966) was an American educator and college athlete. He attended the University of Maryland, where he played college football and basketball for the Maryland Terrapins and competed in track & field. In 1923, he received second-team All-America football honors, which made him the first Maryland player honored as such.

Early life and college Supplee was born in Washington, D.C. His performances during the team's win against Penn and its narrow loss to powerhouse Yale have been cited as the main reasons for his selection. He also received an All-America honorable mention from Walter Camp. In 1924, he was selected for the All-South Atlantic and the All-Maryland football teams, the latter of which was composed of the state's best players. Walter Camp again named Supplee an honorable mention All-American. In his final season in 1925, he served as the football team's captain.

Later life He later earned a doctorate and served on the university's faculty as a chemistry professor in the 1940s and 1950s. He also served on the university's athletic board. His wife, Grace, died in 2000. In 1982, Supplee was posthumously inducted into the University of Maryland Athletic Hall of Fame.