{{Short description|American football player (1905–1973)}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | image = Bill Senn circa 1926 (1).jpg | caption = Senn in 1926 | position = [[Running back]] | number = | birth_date = {{birth date|1905|7|14}} | birth_place = [[Macomb, Illinois]] | death_date = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lbs = 177 | high_school = [[Macomb High School|Macomb (IL)]] | college = [[Knox College (Illinois)|Knox College]] | pastteams = * [[Chicago Bears]] (1926–1931) * [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] (1931) * {{nowrap|[[Cincinnati Reds (NFL)|Cincinnati Reds/St. Louis Gunners]] (1933–1934)}} | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 79 | statlabel2 = Games [[Starting lineup|started]] | statvalue2 = 18 | statlabel3 = [[Touchdown]]s | statvalue3 = 25 | pfr = S/SennBi20 }} '''William Franklin Senn''' (July 14, 1905 &ndash; September 1973) was a professional [[American football]] [[running back]] in the [[National Football League]]. He played eight seasons for the [[Chicago Bears]], the [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]], and the [[Cincinnati Reds (NFL)|Cincinnati Reds/St. Louis Gunners]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Christian |first1=Paul |title=Red Grange remembers Bill Senn |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-ledger-red-grange-remembers-bill-s/195930655/ |access-date=20 April 2026 |work=[[Daily Ledger]] |date=30 October 1973 |location=Canton, IL |page=10 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Senn played college football at [[Knox College (Illinois)]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bill Senn New Urbana Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-decatur-daily-review-bill-senn-new-u/195930535/ |access-date=20 April 2026 |work=[[The Decatur Daily Review]] |date=8 June 1947 |location=Decatur, IL |page=17 |department=Sec. II |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Between 1935 and 1942 he operated a [[Canton, Illinois|Canton]] [[creamery]], and during the [[Second World War|war]] served in [[US Army|the Army]]. In 1947 he became the football coach at [[Urbana High School (Illinois)|Urbana High School]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bill Senn New Urbana Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-decatur-daily-review-bill-senn-new-u/195930535/ |access-date=20 April 2026 |work=[[The Decatur Daily Review]] |date=8 June 1947 |location=Decatur, IL |page=17 |department=Sec. II |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

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