William Glenn Killinger (September 13, 1898July 25, 1988) was an

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, and

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player, coach, and college athletics administrator from

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. He graduated

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and then lettered in three sports at

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, where he was an All-American in football in 1921. Killinger then played in the

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(NFL) for the

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and the

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and for Philadelphia Quakers of the first American Football League in 1926. Killinger served as the head football coach at

Dickinson College , mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning , established = , type = Private liberal arts college , endowment = $645.5 million (2022) , president = J ...

(1922),

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute () (RPI) is a private research university in Troy, New York, with an additional campus in Hartford, Connecticut. A third campus in Groton, Connecticut closed in 2018. RPI was established in 1824 by Stephen Van ...

(1927–1931),

Moravian College Moravian University is a private university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The institution traces its founding to 1742 by Moravians, descendants of followers of the Bohemian Reformation under John Amos Comenius. Founded in 1742, Moravian University ...

(1933),

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(1934–1941, 1945–1959), and with the North Carolina Pre-Flight School (1944), compiling a career

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record of 176–72–16. He was inducted to the

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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 The Jersey City Skeeters were a minor league baseball team which operated in Jersey City, New Jersey. The club started in the 1860s and by 1870 joined the National Association of Base Ball Players. By 1885, Jersey City had joined the Eastern Le ...

(1922),

Atlanta Crackers The Atlanta Crackers were Minor League Baseball teams based in Atlanta, Georgia, between 1901 and 1965. The Crackers were Atlanta's home team until the Atlanta Braves moved from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1966. History Atlanta played its first ...

(1923),

Harrisburg Senators The Harrisburg Senators are a Minor League Baseball team of the Eastern League, and the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, who play their home games at FNB Field on City Island, which opened in 1987 a ...

(1924, 1927–1928), Shamokin Indians (1926) and the

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(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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