Roger S. Penske/Lehigh Athletics Hall of Fame
Leckonby*, William B.
William B. Leckonby*
- Induction:
- 1993
Lehigh's “winningest” football coach with an 85-53-5 mark for 16 seasons (1946 through 1961), William Leckonby 
coached the 1950 Lehigh team to the school's only perfect-record season in program history when the Engineers were 9-0. His 1957 squad won the first Lambert Cup, when it was established for medium-sized school gridiron eastern supremacy. Lehigh won the Lambert Cup again in his final season on the sidelines in 1961.
Leckonby came to Lehigh in 1946, following Naval duty in World War II. He ranks as one of St. Lawrence's all-time greatest triple threat backs and played for Jock Sutherland’s Brooklyn Dodgers when that team was in the NFL. He has also been inducted into the St. Lawrence Hall of Fame.
As director of athletics at Lehigh from 1962 through 1984, Leckonby oversaw a period of vast expansion at the University, which included the development of the Murray H. Goodman campus and the initiation of women's intercollegiate athletic programs.
coached the 1950 Lehigh team to the school's only perfect-record season in program history when the Engineers were 9-0. His 1957 squad won the first Lambert Cup, when it was established for medium-sized school gridiron eastern supremacy. Lehigh won the Lambert Cup again in his final season on the sidelines in 1961.Leckonby came to Lehigh in 1946, following Naval duty in World War II. He ranks as one of St. Lawrence's all-time greatest triple threat backs and played for Jock Sutherland’s Brooklyn Dodgers when that team was in the NFL. He has also been inducted into the St. Lawrence Hall of Fame.
As director of athletics at Lehigh from 1962 through 1984, Leckonby oversaw a period of vast expansion at the University, which included the development of the Murray H. Goodman campus and the initiation of women's intercollegiate athletic programs.
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