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 Golden pictured in La Vie 1920, Penn State yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 3, 1868 Athens, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | August 31, 1949 (aged 81) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1900–1902 | Penn State |
| 1903–1909 | Penn State (assistant) |
| Baseball | |
| 1903–1906 | Penn State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 16–12–1 (football) 50–24–1 (baseball) |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
William Nelson "Pop" Golden (July 3, 1868 – August 31, 1949) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Pennsylvania State University from 1900 to 1902, compiling a record of 16–12–1. Golden was also the head baseball coach at Penn State from 1903 to 1906, tallying a mark of 50–24–1. He was born in 1868 in Athens, Ohio.[1] He died after a brief illness in 1949.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]Football
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penn State (Independent) (1900–1902) | |||||||||
| 1900 | Penn State | 4–6–1 | |||||||
| 1901 | Penn State | 5–3 | |||||||
| 1902 | Penn State | 7–3 | |||||||
| Penn State: | 16–12–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 16–12–1 | ||||||||
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Pop Golden at Find a GraveLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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