Bill Hoffman

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Bill Hoffman
Positions:
Nose Tackle , Guard 		Jersey number (s):
-
born March 31, 1902 in Raubsville , Pennsylvania
died on June 4, 1994 in Allentown , Pennsylvania
Career information
Active : 1924 - 1926
College : Lehigh University
Teams

Career statistics
Games     36
as a starter     33
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Julius William "Bill" Hoffman (* 31 March 1902 in robbery Ville , Pennsylvania ; † 4. June 1994 in Allentown , Pennsylvania) was an American American football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played as a nose tackle and guard for the Frankford Yellow Jackets .

Player career

Bill Hoffman was born in Raubsville to Jacob and Sallie Hoffman, née Raub. He graduated from Lehigh University and played there for four years Football . Hoffman graduated with an engineering degree and then signed a professional contract with the Frankford Yellow Jackets. William Hoffman was paid $ 250 to $ 300 per game and was used in both defense and offense . Due to a knee injury, he was only used in one game in the 1924 season. His team won the runner-up in the NFL that year. She had won eleven out of 14 games. In 1925, Guy Chamberlin became the coach of the Frankford team and Hoffman's former fellow student Bill Springsteen was signed by the Pennsylvania team. Chamberlin ran at the same time as a player for his team. The team around the all-pro player Tex Hamer and the later member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , William R. Lyman , who had joined the team during the season, won 13 games and lost seven games this year.

The year 1926 was the most successful playing year for Hoffman. The Yellow Jackets won 14 times, lost one game and drew twice. With this performance they won the NFL championship before the Chicago Bears trained by George Halas . For winning the championship, the team's players received a pocket watch as a championship bonus . After the season, Hoffman ended his career.

After the career

Bill Hoffman worked after his NFL career until 1966 in the company Bethlehem Steel in an executive position. He then ran a hunting lodge. He had been married since 1925. In 1986, he donated 50,000 US dollars for the construction of a new church in Center Valley, his former place of residence. Hoffman died in a nursing home .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annual statistics of the Yellow Jackets 1924
  2. ↑ Annual statistics of the Yellow Jackets 1925
  3. ↑ Annual statistics of the Yellow Jackets 1926

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personal data
SURNAME Hoffman, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffman, William Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Raubsville , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1994
Place of death Allentown , Pennsylvania