Hall of Fame
Position: Halfback
Years: 1904, 1906-1908
Place of Birth: Blueball, PA
Date of Birth: Feb 22, 1886
Place of Death: Bryn Mawr, PA
Date of Death: Mar 12, 1968
Height: 6-2
Weight: 184
High School: Phillipsburg, PA (Phillipsburg HS)
Bill Hollenback had played the full 60 minutes of a bitterly contested game and limped back to the dressing room. A short time later it was discovered that Hollenback had played the better part of the game with a leg fracture, dislocations of both shoulders, shin splints and hip bruises. Thus was the toughness of football's Pioneer Era players - and Hollenback was undoubtedly one of the toughest. A hard-nosed running back, Hollenback preferred his action rough. And he was always ready. A native of Blueball, Pennsylvania, Hollenback opened and closed his playing career on national championship teams in 1904 and 1908, serving as the Penn captain as a senior. He started every game during the 1906, 1907 and 1908 campaigns and merited All-America recognition in 1906 and 1908. (He skipped the 1905 season). Hollenback was head coach at Penn State, Missouri, Syracuse and Penn Military, then became a football official.
