William Earl Potteiger (February 11, 1893 – April 7, 1959) was an American football, baseball, and basketball player and coach. He played professionally in both baseball and football and coached professionally in basketball, baseball and football. Potteiger was player-coach for the New York Giants when they won their first National Football League championship in 1927. He also played minor league baseball from 1913 to 1917, in 1919, and from 1926 to 1927. He managed in the minors from 1926 to 1927 and in 1932.

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1891 births

1959 deaths

American football halfbacks

Albright Lions baseball players

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Buffalo All-Americans players

Charleston Sea Gulls players

Chicago Cardinals players

Conshohocken Athletic Club players

Lowell Grays players

Milwaukee Badgers players

New York Giants head coaches

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Kenosha Maroons players

Union Club of Phoenixville players

Ursinus Bears football players

Sportspeople from Berks County, Pennsylvania

Players of American football from Pennsylvania

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Worcester Boosters players

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York White Roses players

American men's basketball players

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