Bill Fincher
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 12, 1896 Spring Place, Georgia |
| Died | July 17, 1978 (aged 81) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Alma mater | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Playing career | |
| 1916–1920 | Georgia Tech |
| Position(s) | End, tackle, placekicker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1921 | William & Mary |
| 1925–1931 | Georgia Tech (line) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 4–3–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 National (1917) 3 SIAA (1917, 1918, 1920) |
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| Awards | |
| 3x All-Southern (1917, 1919, 1920) 2x Consensus All-American (1918, 1920) Tech All-Era Team (John Heisman Era) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1974 (profile) |
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William Enoch Fincher (November 12, 1896 – July 17, 1978) was an American college football player and coach. He played the end and tackle positions for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Fincher was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974.
Fincher was born in Spring Place, Georgia. He attended old Tech High School in Atlanta, Georgia.
Fincher attended Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was a prominent tackle and end for coach John Heisman's and coach William Alexander's Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football teams. Fincher could play any position on the line in the complicated Heisman shift offense. He made a record 122 of 136 PAT attempts. He stood 6 feet tall and weighed 182 pounds. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.
Fincher had a glass eye which he would covertly pull out after feigning an injury, turn to his opponents and say: "So that's how you want to play!"
Fincher was a substitute for the 222 to 0 rout of Cumberland in 1916.
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