Bill Fetzer: Difference between revisions

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'''William McKinnon Fetzer''' (June 24, 1884 – May 3, 1959), also commonly known as '''Bill''' and '''Willy''', was an [[American football]], [[basketball]], and [[baseball]] coach. He served as the head football coach at [[Davidson College]] (1915–19181915–1918), [[North Carolina State University]] (1919–19201919–1920), and the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] (1921–19251921–1925), compiling a career [[college football]] record of 61–28–761–28–7. His brother, [[Bob Fetzer]], served as co-head football coach at the University of North Carolina and later became the first and longest serving Athletics Director for the university. Fetzer also was the head basketball coach at Davidson for two seasons, from 1916 to 1918, tallying a mark of 18–1118–11. In addition, he coached baseball at Davidson (1915–19191915–1919), NC State (1920), and North Carolina (1921–19251921–1925), amassing a career [[college baseball]] record of 128–75–5128–75–5.

== Baseball career ==

Fetzer was also a professional baseball player. He made his [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) debut on September 4, 1906 as a [[pinch hitter]] for the [[Oakland Athletics|Philadelphia Athletics]]. In his lone [[at bat]] Fetzer failed to record a hit. This would be his only major league game, although he continued to play in the [[minorMinor leagueLeague baseballBaseball|minor leagues]], primarily as an [[outfielder]], until 1910. He threw with his left hand and hit with his right. Prior to thishis professional career, Fetzer played collegiately at [[Davidson College]].

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| name = [[Davidson Wildcats football|Davidson Wildcats]]

| conf = [[South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]Independent

| endyear = 1918single

| name = [[1915 Davidson football team|Davidson]]

| overall = 4–3–14–3–1

| name = [[1916 Davidson Wildcats football team|Davidson]]

| overall = 5–3–15–3–1

| conference = 1–2

| confstanding = 8th

| name = [[1917 Davidson Wildcats football team|Davidson]]

| overall = 6–46–4

| conference = 1–2

| confstanding = 7th

| name = [[1918 Davidson Wildcats football team|Davidson]]

| overall = 2–1–12–1–1

| conference = 2–0

| confstanding = 2nd

| overall = 17–11–317–11–3

| confrecord = 4–4

| conf = [[South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association]]

| name = [[1919 NC State Aggies football team|NC State]]

| overall = 7–27–2

| conference = 3–1

| confstanding = T–3rd

| name = [[1920 NC State Aggies football team|NC State]]

| overall = 7–37–3

| conference = 4–2

| confstanding = 6th

| overall = 14–514–5

| confrecord = 7–3

| name = [[1921 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]

| overall = 5–2–25–2–2

| conference = 2–12–1

| name = [[1922 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]

| overall = 9–19–1

| conference = 5–05–0

| confstanding = T–1stT–1st

| name = [[1923 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]

| overall = 5–3–15–3–1

| conference = 2–1–12–1–1

| name = [[1924 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]

| overall = 4–54–5

| conference = 2–32–3

| confstanding = T–14thT–14th

| name = [[1925 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]

| overall = 7–1–17–1–1

| conference = 4–0–14–0–1

| overall = 30–12–430–12–4

| confrecord = 15–5–222–8–2

| overall = 61–28–761–28–7

| bcs bowls = no