Billy Bancroft (coach)

Billy Bancroft
Biographical details
Born	August 25, 1904; Livingston, Alabama, U.S.
Died	December 6, 1993 (aged 89); Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1924–1927	Howard (AL)
Baseball
1928	Montgomery Lions
1929	Spartanburg Spartans
1930–1933	Birmingham Barons
1934–1935	Oklahoma City Indians
1939	Selma Cloverleafs
1940	Gadsden Pilots
Position(s)	Second baseman, third baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1935–1939	Howard (AL)
1946–1957	Anniston HS (AL)
Basketball
1934–1938	Howard (AL)
Baseball
1936–1939	Howard (AL)
?–1958	Anniston HS (AL)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1934–1940	Howard (AL)
Head coaching record
Overall	22–18–4 (college football); 50–37 (college basketball); 4–5 (college baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 2 Dixie (1935–1936)

William Henry Bancroft (August 25, 1904 – December 6, 1993) was an American college football, basketball and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University—from 1935 to 1939.^[1] Bancroft died on December 6, 1993, in Birmingham, Alabama.^[2]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Howard Bulldogs (Dixie Conference / Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1935–1938)
1935	Howard	7–1–2	3–0–1 / 5–0–1	1st / 2nd
1936	Howard	5–3–1	4–1–1 / 2–0–1	1st / T–4th
1937	Howard	5–3	4–1 / 0–0	T–2nd / NA
1938	Howard	2–5	2–1 / 0–2	T–3rd / T–27th
Howard Bulldogs (Dixie Conference) (1939)
1939	Howard	3–6–1	2–3–1	T–6th
Howard:		22–18–4	19–8–3
Total:		22–18–4

^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
^ Smith, George (December 8, 1993). "With pride in his heart..." The Anniston Star. Anniston, Alabama. p. 9. Retrieved November 26, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .