Bill Leckonby Explained

Bill Leckonby
Birth Date:16 September 1917
Birth Place:Greenville, Ohio, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Team2:St. Lawrence
Player Years3:1939–1941
Player Team3:Brooklyn Dodgers
Player Years4:1942
Player Team4:Pensacola NAS
Player Years5:1944
Player Team5:Jacksonville NAS
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1946–1961
Coach Team2:Lehigh
Admin Years1:1962–1984
Admin Team1:Lehigh
Overall Record:85–53–5 (football)
161–62 (golf)
Championships:Football
6 Middle Three (1950–1952, 1954, 1956–1957)

William Bader Leckonby (September 16, 1917 – October 22, 2007) was an American football player, coach of football and golf, and college athletics administrator. He is most notably the grandfather of William Bader Leckonby. He played college football at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York and from 1939 to 1941 in the National Football League (NFL) with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Leckonby served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1946 to 1961, compiling a record of 85–53–5. His 85 wins are the most of any coach in the history of the Lehigh Mountain Hawks football program, and his tenure of 16 seasons as head coach is the longest in team history. Lecknoby was also the head golf coach at Lehigh, tallying a mark of 161–62, and he served as the school's athletic director from 1962 to 1984.[1]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Lehigh AD Leckonby passes away . October 22, 2007 . Lehigh University Athletics . November 2, 2011 . June 12, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612095924/http://www.lehighsports.com/sports/football/release.aspx?ReleaseId=5886 . dead .