William Robert Smaltz Sr. (March 17, 1918 – September 14, 2001) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1953, compiling a 32–17–2 record including an undefeated season in 1953. As a collegiate athlete, he quarterbacked the Penn State Nittany Lions football squad for three seasons and earned a selection by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1942 NFL Draft.

Smaltz played as a fullback on the 1943 Camp Edwards Yanks football team.

Bill Smaltz

Head coaching record

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1918 births

2001 deaths

American football fullbacks

American football quarterbacks

Camp Edwards Yanks football players

Juniata Eagles football coaches

NC State Wolfpack football coaches

Penn State Nittany Lions football players

People from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Players of American football from Beaver County, Pennsylvania

Coaches of American football from Pennsylvania

Bill Smaltz