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Glenn Killinger

1898 – 1988

American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator

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Lived 1898 – 1988 (aged 89). Glenn Killinger was an American military officer, baseball player, basketball coach and american football player.

William Glenn Killinger (September 13, 1898 – July 25, 1988) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He graduated Harrisburg Technical High School and then lettered in three sports at Pennsylvania State University, where he was an All-American in football in 1921. Killinger then played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Canton Bulldogs and the New York Giants and for Philadelphia Quakers of the first American Football League in 1926. Killinger served as the head football coach at Dickinson College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1927–1931), Moravian College (1933), West Chester University (1934–1941, 1945–1959), and with the North Carolina Pre-Flight School (1944), compiling a career college football head coaching record of 176–72–16. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1971.

Killinger was also a minor league baseball player from 1922 until 1932. During that time, he played for the Jersey City Skeeters (1922), Atlanta Crackers (1923), Harrisburg Senators (1924, 1927–1928), Shamokin Indians (1926) and the Williamsport Grays (1929–1932). He served as a manager for the Indians and the Senators, managing the latter to the Eastern League pennant in 1928.

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Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg Technical High School
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Who was Glenn Killinger?

American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1898-1988)

When was Glenn Killinger born?

Glenn Killinger was born on 13 September 1898 in Harrisburg.

When did Glenn Killinger die?

Glenn Killinger died on 25 July 1988 in Stanton.

What was Glenn Killinger's occupation?

Glenn Killinger was a military officer, baseball player, basketball coach and american football player.

What nationality was Glenn Killinger?

Glenn Killinger was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Glenn Killinger

· Wikidata: Q5568927

· DBpedia: Glenn Killinger

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