Bill Warner (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player and coach
Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1881
Place of Birth: Springville, New York, United States
Date of Death: 12-Feb-1944
Profession: head coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Bill Warner (American football)
- William J.
- Warner (January 24, 1881 – February 2, 1944) was an American football player and coach.
- Warner graduated from Cornell University in 1903 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society.
- He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1971. Following his playing career at Cornell University, Warner was the head football coach at Cornell University, the University of North Carolina, Colgate University, St.
- Louis University, and the University of Oregon.
- He also coach football at Sherman Institute—now known as Sherman Indian High School—in Riverside, California.Warner was the brother of famed football coach Pop Warner.
- In 1902, Bill and Glenn both played pro football for the Syracuse Athletic Club during the first World Series of Football, held at Madison Square Garden.
- It was during this event, that Warner played in the very first professional indoor football game as his Syracuse squad upset the heavily favored "New York" team.
- While Glenn was injured during the event with a head injury, Bill and the rest of the Syracuse team went on to win the event.
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