W. H. Britton

W. H. Britton
Biographical details
Born	June 4, 1892; Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Died	November 29, 1982 (aged 90); Brooks, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	Army (1916)
Playing career
Football
1914–1915	Army
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1916	Hawaii
1926–1934	Tennessee (ends)
1935	Tennessee
1936–1942	Tennessee (ends)
1946	Tennessee (ends)
Basketball
1926–1935	Tennessee
Head coaching record
Overall	7–7–1 (football); 80–73 (basketball)

William Hamilton Britton (June 4, 1892 – November 29, 1982)^[1] was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Tennessee for one season in 1935, coaching in the absence of Robert Neyland, who left for active duty in the United States Army.^[2] Britton's career football record was 4–5. Britton was also the head basketball coach at Tennessee from 1926 to 1935, tallying a mark of 80–73.

After his playing career at the United States Military Academy ended, he was stationed at Fort Shafter in Hawaii,^[3] where he served for a season as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii.^[4]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Hawaii Deans (Independent) (1916)
1916	Hawaii	3–2–1
Hawaii:		3–2–1
Tennessee Volunteers (Southeastern Conference) (1935)
1935	Tennessee	4–5	2–3	T–9th
Tennessee:		4–5	2–3
Total:		7–7–1

References

^ Cullum, George Washington (1940). "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y.: From Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890; with the Early History of the United States Military Academy".
^ 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. p. 119. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
^ Cullum, George Washington (1920). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S, Volume 6. Houghton, Mifflin. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
^ "William Britton Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 1, 2007.

External links

W. H. Britton at Find a Grave

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[1] Cullum, George Washington (1940). "Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y.: From Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890; with the Early History of the United States Military Academy".

[2] 2011 Tennessee Football Record Book (PDF). Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Tennessee Athletics Media Relations Office. 2011. p. 119. Retrieved March 11, 2012.

[3] Cullum, George Washington (1920). Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U. S, Volume 6. Houghton, Mifflin. Retrieved February 12, 2018.

[4] "William Britton Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved December 1, 2007.

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