1. James William Glassford was an American football player and coach, who served as head coach for the New Hampshire Wildcats and Nebraska Cornhuskers.
11 Facts About Bill Glassford
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Bill Glassford was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and attended the University of Pittsburgh where he played football, lettering from 1934 through 1936.
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Bill Glassford earned first-team All-American status at guard in 1936, for the Panthers team that won the 1937 Rose Bowl.
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Bill Glassford was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and graduated in 1937 with a degree in business administration.
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Bill Glassford was drafted in the fourth round of the 1937 NFL Draft.
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From 1938 through 1942, Bill Glassford coached football at three different colleges.
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Bill Glassford's three winning seasons there were the only winning seasons the program had between 1941 and 1961.
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Bill Glassford coached three All-Americans in Tom Novak, Bobby Reynolds, and Jerry Minnick.
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Bill Glassford retired from coaching after the 1955 season and went into private business in Arizona.
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Bill Glassford was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 2002, and turned 100 in 2014.
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Bill Glassford died in Scottsdale, Arizona, at the age of 102, and was at that time the oldest still-living former pro player, and one of only seven total to have lived a century.