William Penn Bates

William Penn Bates
	Bates at Auburn in 1903
Biographical details
Born	June 7, 1879; Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died	March 2, 1956 (aged 76); Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1898–1901	Brown
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1903	Auburn
1904–1905	Franklin & Marshall
Basketball
1903–1905	Franklin & Marshall
Baseball
1905–1906	Franklin & Marshall
Head coaching record
Overall	8–19 (football); 11–9 (basketball); 6–14–1 (baseball)

William Penn Bates (June 7, 1879 – March 2, 1956) was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He played college football as a fullback at Brown University for four years, including as team captain in 1901.^[1]^[2] Bates served as the head football coach at Auburn University in 1903 and at Franklin & Marshall College from 1904 to 1905, compiling a career coaching record of 8–19. Bates was also the head basketball coach at Franklin & Marshall from 1903 to 1905, tallying a mark of 11–9, and the head baseball coach at the school from 1905 to 1906, notching a record of 6–14–1.

Coaching career

After graduating from Brown in 1902, Bates was the head football coach for the 1903 Auburn Tigers football team. His team compiled a record of 4–3.^[3]

The following year, he became the head football coach at Franklin & Marshall College located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He held that position for the 1904 and 1905 seasons.^[4] His coaching record at Franklin & Marshall was 4–16.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Auburn Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1903)
1903	Auburn	4–3	2–3	10th
Auburn:		4–3	2–3
Franklin & Marshall (Independent) (1904–1905)
1904	Franklin & Marshall	0–10
1905	Franklin & Marshall	4–6
Franklin & Marshall:		4–16
Total:		8–19

References

^ The Dartmouth. Hanover, NH: The Dartmouth Press. September 21, 1900. p. 230. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
^ Thacher Howland Guild; Walter Louis Frost; Robert Irving Steere; John Boyden Eaton; James Duncan McLeod; Michael John Linden; Howard Hiram Tucker; Stewart Baker McLeod; Edward Farnham Greene; Arthur Ogden Clift; John Packard Gray; Earnest Palmer Carr; Henry Cleaves Sullivan, eds. (1901). "Liber Brunensis" (Annual). Springfield, MA: Brown University. p. 215. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
^ George Dunglinson, Jr.; John McDuffie, Jr.; W. M. Wilson; A. W. Merkel; H. McDonnell; W. H. McEniry; A. G. Jones; W. M. Shepard, eds. (1904). "Glomerata" (Annual). Auburn, AL: Alabama Polytechnic Institute. p. 175. Retrieved January 23, 2013.
^ Shafer, Ian. "Franklin & Marshall College (All seasons results)". College Football Reference. Retrieved April 9, 2011.