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Bill Horr 
Horr hurling the discus, 1907 Sport(s) Football, track and field Biographical details Born May 2, 1880 Place of birth Munnsville, New York Died July 1, 1955 (aged 75) Playing career 1905–1908 Syracuse Position(s) Tackle (football) Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1909
1910–1912
1914–1923Northwestern
Purdue
Syracuse (line)Head coaching record Overall 9–14–2 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Awards All-American, 1908 Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for the 
United StatesOlympic Games Silver 1908 London Greek discus Bronze 1908 London Discus throw Marquis Franklin "Bill" Horr (May 2, 1880 – July 1, 1955) was an American football player, coach, and Olympic track and field athlete.
He played college football as a tackle at Syracuse University and was selected as an All-American in 1908. At Syracuse, Horr also competed in track and field. At the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, he won a silver medal in the Greek Style discus throw and a bronze in the freestyle discus throw. Horr served as the head football coach at Northwestern University in 1909 and at Purdue University from 1910 to 1912, compiling a career record of 9–14–2.
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Coaching career
Horr was the ninth head coach for the Northwestern Wildcats football team and he held that position for the 1909 season. His career coaching record at Northwestern was 1 win, 3 losses, and 1 tie. This ranks him 25th at Northwestern in total wins and 20th at Northwestern in winning percentage.[1]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Northwestern Purple (Big Ten Conference) (1909) 1909 Northwestern 1–3–1 1–3 T–5th Northwestern: 1–3–1 1–3 Purdue Boilermakers (Big Ten Conference) (1910–1912) 1910 Purdue 1–5 0–4 8th 1911 Purdue 3–4 1–3 6th 1912 Purdue 4–2–1 2–2–1 T–3rd Purdue: 8–11–1 3–9–1 Total: 9–14–2 References
External links
- Syracuse football profile
- Bill Horr at Syracuse Hall of Fame
- Bill Horr at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Sports-reference profile
Northwestern Wildcats head football coaches Paul Noyes (1893) • A. A. Ewing (1894) • Alvin H. Culver (1895–1896) • Jesse Van Doozer (1897) • W. H. Bannard (1898) • Charles M. Hollister (1899–1902) • Walter McCornack (1903–1905) • Alton Johnson (1908) • Bill Horr (1909) • Charles Hammett (1910–1912) • Dennis Grady (1913) • Fred J. Murphy (1914–1918) • Charlie Bachman (1919) • Elmer McDevitt (1920–1921) • Glenn Thistlethwaite (1922–1926) • Dick Hanley (1927–1934) • Pappy Waldorf (1934–1946) • Bob Voigts (1947–1954) • Lou Saban (1955) • Ara Parseghian (1956–1963) • Alex Agase (1964–1972) • John Pont (1973–1977) • Rick Venturi (1978–1980) • Dennis Green (1981–1985) • Francis Peay (1986–1991) • Gary Barnett (1992–1998) • Randy Walker (1999–2005) • Pat Fitzgerald (2006– )
Purdue Boilermakers head football coaches Albert Berg (1887) • No team (1888) • George Andrew Reisner (1889) • Clinton L. Hare (1890) • Knowlton Ames (1891–1892) • D. M. Balliet (1893–1895) • S. M. Hammond (1896) • William H. Church (1897) • Alpha Jamison (1898–1900) • D. M. Balliet (1901) • Charles Best (1902) • Oliver Cutts (1903–1904) • Albert E. Herrnstein (1905) • Myron E. Witham (1906) • Leigh C. Turner (1907) • Frederick A. Speik (1908–1909) • Bill Horr (1910–1912) • Andy Smith (1913–1915) • Cleo A. O'Donnell (1916–1917) • A. G. Scanlon (1918–1920) • William Henry Dietz (1921) • James Phelan (1922–1929) • Noble Kizer (1930–1936) • Allen Elward (1937–1941) • Elmer Burnham (1942–1943) • Cecil Isbell (1944–1946) • Stu Holcomb (1947–1955) • Jack Mollenkopf (1956–1969) • Bob DeMoss (1970–1972) • Alex Agase (1973–1976) • Jim Young (1977–1981) • Leon Burtnett (1982–1986) • Fred Akers (1987–1990) • Jim Colletto (1991–1996) • Joe Tiller (1997–2008) • Danny Hope (2009– )
Categories:- Discus throwers
- American track and field athletes
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes of the United States
- 1880 births
- 1955 deaths
- Syracuse University alumni
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- American discus throwers
- Northwestern Wildcats football coaches
- Purdue Boilermakers football coaches
- Syracuse Orange football coaches
- Syracuse Orange football players
- College track and field athletes in the United States
- People from Madison County, New York
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1900s stubs
- American track and field athletics Olympic medalist stubs
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