William Tanner

William Tanner was a character who first appeared in the first episode of the first season in The Vampire Diaries. He was the history teacher and football coach at Mystic Falls High School. He was killed by Damon Salvatore, who wanted to prove that he had no humanity left in him.
==Throughout The Vampire Diaries Series==
===Season One===
Tanner was a very elitist, smug, and arrogant character, demeaning different people on several occasions. During class he was seen picking on Elena when she wasn't paying attention to him, prompting Stefan to openly challenge and correct him on several occasions.
As the football coach of Mystic Falls High School, Mr. Tanner appeared fair, he allowed Stefan to try out despite their tendency to butt heads in class and also let him on the team when he saw what a good player Stefan was. Before Stefan tries out, Mr. Tanner made a snide remark about asking Stefan who won the Super Bowl a while back in 1971. Stefan started to answer, but stopped, looking at the expression on Tanner's face.
In Friday Night Bites, Damon attacked and killed Mr. Tanner to spite Stefan and to prove that Stefan was wrong to think there was any humanity left in him.
==Personality==
William was a teacher who was elitist, smug, arrogant and was often seen demeaning and even insensitive towards his students (such as referencing the death of Elena's parents while talking down to her for simply not knowing the answer to a history question). Even though he let Stefan try out for the football team, he made a snide remark about who won the Super Bowl in 1971 and when Stefan was going to answer, William had an expression on his face that he was getting slightly angered.
==Physical Appearance==
He was an average looking man with dark, curly black hair and brown eyes. He had an athletic build and a tall stature.
==Appearances==
Season One
*Pilot
*The Night of the Comet
*Friday Night Bites (Death)
*Family Ties (Mentioned)
*162 Candles (Mentioned)
*History Repeating (Mentioned)
Season Three
*The Departed (Mentioned)
==Novels==
===The Awakening===
In the novels, Mr. Tanner is a European History teacher. Like his TV counterpart, he liked to question his students who weren't able to answer correctly. He was corrected and embarrassed by Stefan Salvatore on how Renaissance European youths behaved and lived their lives—because he was born in that era. At the hollow party he was killed by Stefan's brother Damon.
==Name==
*William is of Old German origin, and the meaning is "will helmet, protection".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William
*Tanner is of English origin and means "worker in leather".https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanner_(surname)
==Trivia==
*With the Other Side's collapse and Hell being destroyed, he either found peace or went to a dimension similar to Hell, if one exists.
==Gallery==
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==References==
==See also==
Category:Characters
Category:The Vampire Diaries (series)
Category:The Vampire Diaries Characters
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season One Characters
Category:Male Characters
Category:Recurring Characters
Category:Mystic Falls Residents
Category:Antagonists
Category:Humans
Category:Deceased