Arthur Burkholder | |
Birth Date: | 6 June 1892 |
Birth Place: | Marion, Kansas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Hays, Kansas, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1911–1913 |
Player Team1: | Kansas State |
Player Positions: | Guard |
Coach Years1: | 1926 |
Coach Team1: | New Mexico A&M |
Overall Record: | 5–3–1 |
Arthur L. "Bill" Burkholder (June 6, 1892 – July 28, 1952) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for Kansas State from 1911 to 1913 and served as head coach at New Mexico A&M in 1926.
A native of Marion, Kansas, he played college football at Kansas State Agricultural from 1911 to 1913 and was an All-Missouri Valley Conference guard. During World War I, he served in the United States Army and played on the 89th Division football team.[1] He worked at the Fort Hays Experiment Station for 10 years.[2]
He served as head coach of the 1926 New Mexico A&M Aggies football team, leading the team to a 5–3–1 record, including four shutout victories.[3]
Burkholder returned to Kansas in 1930, settling in Plainville where he worked in the cattle business and as a tax accountant. He died from a heart attack in 1952 at age 60. He never married.[4] [5]