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Bill Kern

American football player and coach (1906–1985)

Field	Value
name	Bill Kern
image	Bill Kern.png
caption	Kern pictured in The Monticola 1941, West Virginia yearbook
birth_date
birth_place	Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
player_years1	1925, 1927
player_team1	Pittsburgh
player_years2	1929–1930
player_team2	Green Bay Packers
player_positions	Tackle
coach_years1	1936
coach_team1	Pittsburgh (assistant)
coach_years2	1937–1939
coach_team2	Carnegie Tech
coach_years3	1940–1942
coach_team3	West Virginia
coach_years4	1943
coach_team4	Del Monte Pre-Flight
coach_years5	1946–1947
coach_team5	West Virginia
overall_record	43–36–2
bowl_record	0–1

First-team All-American (1927)
AFCA Coach of the Year (1938) ||birth_date= William Franklin Kern (September 2, 1906 – April 5, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a tackle at the University of Pittsburgh in 1925 and 1927 and then with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) in 1929 and 1930. Kern served as the head football coach at the Carnegie Institute of Technology from 1937 to 1939 and at West Virginia University from 1940 to 1942 and again in 1946 and 1947, compiling a career record of 36–35–2. In 1938, he led the Carnegie Tech Tartans to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to the national champion TCU Horned Frogs, 15–7.

Playing career

As a player in college, he was a first-team All-American tackle at the University of Pittsburgh in 1927. Following college, Kern played tackle for the NFL's Green Bay Packers in 1929 and 1930.

Coaching career

Kern's tenure at West Virginia was interrupted by military service during World War II. He served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1945.

Head coaching record

References

(2008). "2008 Pitt Football Media Guide". University of Pittsburgh.
"Bill Kern Statistics". Pro Football Reference.
(November 26, 1947). "Kern Resigns as West Virginia Coach". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].

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