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Bill Horr
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Marquis Franklin "Bill" Horr (May 2, 1880 – July 1, 1955) was an American college football player and coach and Olympic track and field athlete.[1]
Key Information
Franklin played football as a tackle at Syracuse University and was selected as an All-American in 1908.[2] At Syracuse, Horr also competed in track and field. At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, he won a silver medal in the Greek Style discus throw and a bronze in the freestyle discus throw. Horr served as the head football coach at Northwestern University in 1909 and at Purdue University from 1910 to 1912, compiling a career college football coaching record of 6–14–1.
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Purple (Western Conference) (1909) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Northwestern | 1–3–1 | 1–3 | T–5th | |||||
| Northwestern: | 1–3–1 | 1–3 | |||||||
| Purdue Boilermakers (Western Conference) (1910–1912) | |||||||||
| 1910 | Purdue | 1–5 | 0–4 | 8th | |||||
| 1911 | Purdue | 3–4 | 1–3 | 6th | |||||
| 1912 | Purdue | 1–2* | 0–2* | T–3rd | |||||
| Purdue: | 5–11 | 1–9 | |||||||
| Total: | 6–14–1 | ||||||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Bill Horr". Olympedia. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ "2022 Syracuse Football Media Guide" (PDF). cuse.com. p. 106. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
External links
[edit]- Syracuse football profile
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Horr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
- Bill Horr at World Athletics
- Bill Horr at Olympedia
- Bill Horr at Find a Grave
