Bill Smaltz

Bill Smaltz
Biographical details
Born	March 17, 1918; Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	September 14, 2001 (aged 83); Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
1938–1941	Penn State
1943	Camp Edwards
Position(s)	Fullback, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946	Juniata (assistant)
1947–1953	Juniata
1954–1970	NC State (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall	32–17–2

William Robert Smaltz Sr. (March 17, 1918 – September 14, 2001) was an American college football player and coach.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1953, compiling a 32–17–2 record including an undefeated season in 1953.^[2] As a collegiate athlete, he quarterbacked the Penn State Nittany Lions football squad for three seasons and earned a selection by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1942 NFL Draft.^[3]

Head coaching record[edit]


Year	Team	Overall
Juniata Indians (Independent) (1947–1953)
1947	Juniata	3–4
1948	Juniata	4–2–1
1949	Juniata	5–2
1950	Juniata	4–4
1951	Juniata	3–3–1
1952	Juniata	6–2
1953	Juniata	7–0
Juniata:		32–17–2
Total:		32–17–2

^ "Bill Smaltz". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "William Smaltz". bcshof.org. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ "Philadelphia Eagles Draft". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
^ Kaese, Harold (October 20, 1943). "Hank Corrado Elected Edwards Grid Captain". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 19. Retrieved May 1, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .