William G. Kline
Kline from 1919 Cornhusker
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| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 21, 1882 Salem, Illinois |
| Died | Unknown |
| Playing career | |
| ?–1905 | Illinois |
| Position(s) |
Halfback (football) Hurdler (track & field) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1911–1917 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1918 | Nebraska |
| 1920–1922 | Florida |
| Basketball | |
| 1911–1918 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1920–1922 | Florida |
| 1923–1925 | Nebraska |
| Baseball | |
| 1912 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1917 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| 1921 | Florida |
| 1924–1925 | Nebraska |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1911–1918 | Nebraska Wesleyan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 58–29–6 (football) 125–54 (basketball) 37–27 (baseball) |
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William Gordon Kline (June 21, 1882 – after 1942) was an American college football, baseball and basketball coach. At different times, Kline served as the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball, basketball and football teams, as well as the Florida Gators baseball, basketball and football teams.
Kline was born in Salem, Illinois in 1882, and graduated from Amboy High School in Amboy, Illinois. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he played halfback for the Illinois Fighting Illini football team and was also a hurdler for the Illini track & field team. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in literature and arts in 1906.
Kline was a professor at the former Hedding College in Abingdon, Illinois from 1908 to 1911. From 1911 to 1918, he was the athletic director at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln, Nebraska. He attended law school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1917, and earned a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
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