Birth Date: | 11 February 1893 |
Birth Place: | Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Number: | 4, 3, 9 |
Position1: | Halfback |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 7 |
Weight Lb: | 170 |
College: | Ursinus Albright |
Coaching Years1: | 1924[1] |
Coaching Team1: | Kenosha Maroons |
Coaching Years2: | 1927–1928 |
Coaching Team2: | New York Giants |
Playing Years1: | 1914–1919 |
Playing Team1: | Conshohocken Athletic Club |
Playing Years2: | 1920 |
Playing Team2: | Union Club of Phoenixville |
Playing Years3: | 1920 |
Playing Team3: | Buffalo All-Americans |
Playing Years4: | 1921 |
Playing Team4: | Chicago Cardinals |
Playing Years5: | 1921 |
Playing Team5: | Frankford Yellow Jackets |
Playing Years6: | 1922 |
Playing Team6: | Milwaukee Badgers |
Playing Years7: | 1924 |
Playing Team7: | Kenosha Maroons |
Playing Years8: | 1925–1928 |
Playing Team8: | New York Giants |
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Nfl: | POT249174 |
Databasefootball: | POTTEEAR01 |
William Earl Potteiger (February 11, 1893 – April 7, 1959) was an American football, baseball, and basketball player and coach. He played professionally in both baseball and football and coached professionally in basketball, baseball and football. Potteiger was player-coach for the New York Giants when they won their first National Football League (NFL) championship in 1927. He also played minor league baseball from 1913 to 1917, in 1919, and from 1926 to 1927. He managed in the minors from 1926 to 1927 and in 1932.[2]