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Bill Roper (American football)

Bill Roper
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Roper in 1909
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1880-08-22)August 22, 1880
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died December 19, 1933(1933-12-19) (aged 53)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1899–1902 Princeton
Position(s) End (football)
Outfielder (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1903–1904 VMI
1906–1908 Princeton
1909 Missouri
1910–1911 Princeton
1915–1916 Swarthmore
1919–1930 Princeton
Basketball
1902–1903 Princeton
Head coaching record
Overall 112–38–18 (football)
8–7 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
4 National (1906, 1911, 1920, 1922)
1 MVC (1909)
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1951 (profile)

William Winston "Bill" Roper (August 22, 1880 – December 10, 1933) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the Virginia Military Institute (1903–1904), Princeton University (1906–1908, 1910–1911, 1919–1930), the University of Missouri (1909), and Swarthmore College (1915–1916), compiling a career college football record of 112–38–18. Roper's Princeton Tigers football teams of 1906, 1911, 1920, and 1922 have been recognized as national champions. His 89 wins are the most of any coach in the history of the program. Roper was also the head basketball coach at Princeton for one season in 1902–03, tallying a mark of 8–7. Roper played football as an end, basketball, and baseball as an outfielder at Princeton, from which he graduated in 1902. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951.

Roper served on the NCAA Football Rules Committee.

Roper was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 22, 1880. He attended the William Penn Charter School where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He continued all three sports in college at Princeton University.

Roper was the sixth head football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets located in Lexington, Virginia and he held that position for two seasons, from 1903 until 1904. His coaching record at VMI was 5–6.


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