William C. Gloth

William C. Gloth
Biographical details
Gloth pictured in The Bomb 1911, VMI yearbook
Sport(s)	Football
Born	(1886-08-07)August 7, 1886 Erie, Pennsylvania
Died	December 3, 1944(1944-12-03) (aged 58) Washington, D.C.
Playing career
1904–1908	Virginia
Position(s)	Center
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1909–1910	VMI
Head coaching record
Overall	7–6–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-Southern (1907)

William Conrad "Billy" Gloth (August 7, 1886 – December 3, 1944)^[1]^[2] was an American football player and coach. Gloth was a center on Virginia Cavaliers football teams of the University of Virginia, noted for his ability to beat the ends downfield on a punt.^[3] He was selected for the All-Southern team of "a well-known New York authority on sports" in 1907.^[4] He was the ninth head college football coach for the Virginia Military Institute Keydets located in Lexington, Virginia and he held that position for two seasons, from 1909 until 1910. His career coaching record at VMI was 7 wins, 6 losses, and 1 ties. This ranks him 18th at VMI in total wins and 12th at VMI in winning percentage.^[5]

References

↑ The National cyclopaedia of American biography: being the history of the ... - James Terry White - Google Books. Retrieved 2012-04-07 – via Google Books.
↑ The National cyclopaedia of American biography: being the history of the ... - James Terry White - Google Books. Retrieved 2012-04-07 – via Google Books.
↑ "More Coaches Coming". The Cavalier Daily. May 23, 1910.
↑ "All-Southern Eleven". Charlotte Observer. December 16, 1907.
↑ Virginia Military Institute Coaching Records

External links

William C. Gloth at the College Football Data Warehouse

VMI Keydets head football coaches

Unknown (1873)
No team (1874–1890)
Walter Taylor (1891)
No coach (1892–1894)
George W. Bryant (1895–1896)
R. N. Groner (1897)
Sam Boyle (1898–1899)
Sam Walker (1900–1902)
Bill Roper (1903–1904)
Ira Johnson (1905–1906)
Charles Roller (1907–1908)
William C. Gloth (1909–1910)
Alpha Brumage (1911–1912)
Henry Poague (1913)
Frank Gorton (1914–1916)
Earl Abell (1917)
Earl Abell & Mose Goodman (1918)
Red Fleming (1919)
Blandy Clarkson (1920–1926)
W. C. Raftery (1927–1936)
Pooley Hubert (1937–1946)
Arthur Morton (1947–1948)
Tom Nugent (1949–1952)
John McKenna (1953–1965)
Vito Ragazzo (1966–1970)
Bob Thalman (1971–1984)
Eddie Williamson (1985–1988)
Jim Shuck (1989–1993)
Bill Stewart (1994–1996)
Ted Cain (1997–1998)
Donny White # (1998)
Cal McCombs (1999–2005)
Jim Reid (2006–2007)
Sparky Woods (2008–2014)
Scott Wachenheim (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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