William Monypenny was an educator, American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 coach and sports figure in the United States.

Coaching history

Monypenny was the seventh football coach for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders

Southwestern College Moundbuilders

Southwestern College athletic teams are known as the Moundbuilders . They participate in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.Men's Sports* Basketball...

 in Winfield, Kansas

Winfield, Kansas

Winfield is a city situated along the Walnut River in the west-central part of Cowley County, located in South Central Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,301...

 and held that position 11 seasons, from 1926 to 1936. His overall coaching record at Southwestern was 34 wins, 51 losses, and 8 ties. This ranks him 5th at Southwestern in terms of total wins and 22nd at Southwestern in terms of total winning percentage (as of completion of the 2007 season).

Southwestern paid tribute to Monypenny by naming "Monypenny Track" inside Sonner Stadium

Sonner Stadium

Richard L. Jantz Stadium is a sport stadium in Winfield, Kansas. The facility is primarily used by the Southwestern College Moundbuilders football and track & field teams...

, considered one of the finest NAIA facilities in the Midwest. Monypenny Track has been host to numerous invitational, collegiate championships, and high school championship meets.

Political involvement

Monypenny's friendship with Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

 Governor

Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...

 Andrew Frank Schoeppel

Andrew Frank Schoeppel

Andrew Frank Schoeppel was an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was the 29th Governor of Kansas from 1943 to 1947 and a U.S. Senator from 1949 until his death...

 assisted in the expediting of Veterans benefits for Kansas soldiers returning home after World War II

World War II

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. Monypenny and Governor Schoeppel's friendship dated back to when the governor was the head football coach at Fort Hays State University

Fort Hays State University

Fort Hays State University is a public, co-educational university located in Hays, Kansas, United States. It is the fourth-largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with an enrollment of approximately 11,200 students .- History :FHSU was founded in 1902 as the...

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External links

• Southwestern College official football team site