William F. Knox
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 29, 1885 Connellsville, Pennsylvania |
| Died | December 21, 1975 (aged 90) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1905–1906 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Halfback, fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1907 | Yale |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 9–0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| National (1907) | |
| Awards | |
| First-team All-American, 1906 | |
William F. Knox (January 29, 1885 – December 21, 1975) was an American football player and coach and lawyer. He played college football for Yale University and was selected as a first-team All-American halfback in 1906. He was the head coach of the 1907 Yale football team which finished the season with a record of 9–0–1. He later became an attorney and was a founder and member of the Pittsburgh law firm of Moorhead & Knox.
Knox was born in Connellsville, Pennsylvania in 1885. His father Alfred C. Knox was a Pennsylvania native and a banker. His mother Annie E. Knox was also a Pennsylvania native. At the time of the 1900 United States Census, Knox was living in Ben Avon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his parents and three sisters, Louise, Juliet, and Mary. His uncle was Philander C. Knox, who served as the United States Attorney General (1901–1904), United States Senator (1904–1909, 1917–1921), and United States Secretary of State (1909–1913).
Knox enrolled at Yale University. While attending Yale, he played for the Yale Bulldogs football team and was selected as a first-team All-American halfback in 1906.
After graduating from Yale, he returned in the fall of 1907 as Yale's head football coach. Knox led the 1907 Yale football team to an undefeated season with a record of 9–0–1. The team's only setback was a 0–0 tie against Army.
During the period from 1899 to 1912, Yale had 14 different head football coaches in 14 years – despite compiling a combined record of 127–11–10 in those years. During that 14-year span, the Yale football team has also been recognized as the national championship team by one or more of the major national championship selectors on seven occasions – 1900 (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis), 1901 (Parke Davis), 1902 (Parke Davis), 1905 (Parke Davis, Whitney), 1906 (Billingsley, Parke Davis, Whitney), 1907 (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis, Whitney), and 1909 (Billingsley, Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation, Parke Davis).
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