player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team birth_date image article_title name
washington & jefferson 26 april 1987 washington , pennsylvania 1929 -- 1931 1932 -- 1936 1937 -- 1945 graysville , near pittsburgh , pennsylvania fullback 34 -- 24 -- 8 -lrb- college -rrb- 1926 -- 1927 washington -rrb- & jefferson grove city washington hs -lrb- pa 6 july 1898 bill amos.jpg bill amos
 bill amos
bill amos

william e. `` bill '' amos -lrb- july 6 , 1898 -- april 26 , 1987 -rrb- was an american college football player and coach .
he is considered to be one of the best college football players in washington & jefferson college history .
amos was born in graysville , pennsylvania .
he attended the kiski school and was a veteran of world war i .
as a fullback for washington & jefferson for was named to the 1926 college football all-america team and the 1927 college football all-america team .
after graduation , he turned down an offer from pete henry to play for the new york giants and a minor league baseball contract .
he returned to coach the washington & jefferson college football team from 1929 to 1931 , amassing a record of 17 -- 8 -- 3 .
from 1937 through 1946 , he was a multi-sport coach at washington high school .
he was a driving force in the creation of pony baseball and softball .
he also volunteered at the brownson house .
in 1932 , amos was seriously injured in an automobile collision , sustaining a fractured skull and broken left arm .
he married dora polan in 1928 and with her had three children .
bill amos died in 1987 at the age of 88 .
his wife , dora died the following year .
