13 Facts About William Renner

William Wilford Renner was an American football player.

William Renner played at the quarterback position for the University of Michigan teams from 1931 to 1935.

William Renner was a member of the undefeated national champion 1933 Michigan football team the captain of the 1935 Michigan football team.

William Renner enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1930 where he was on the football roster for parts of five seasons from 1931 to 1935.

At the beginning of the 1933 football season, the Associated Press reported that William Renner had the talent to be a better quarterback than either of Michigan's great quarterbacks, Newman and Benny Friedman.

Observers who saw Ben Friedman and Newman throughout their forward passing careers at Michigan maintain that William Renner is the best ball tosser the Maize and Blue ever had.

William Renner's playing time was again limited in 1933 due to injuries and illness, and he started only one game for the Wolverines.

William Renner returned to Ann Arbor in September 1934 and was expected, finally, to be Michigan's starting quarterback.

However, William Renner broke his ankle during the first Saturday practice scrimmage in the fall of 1934 and was unable to play in any games that year.

We had an outstanding passer, Bill William Renner, who broke an ankle before the season started.

In 1936, William Renner was hired as an assistant football coach under head coach Ducky Pond at Yale University.

William Renner was responsible for coaching Yale's backs in passing and kicking.

William Renner married Leah Margaret "Marnie" McKelvey on August 12,1939.