Bill Haeffner

William Bernard Haeffner was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season, but his athletic career was interrupted by wartime service in the United States Navy during World War I. After the war, he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates during the season, and the New York Giants during the season.
In 1928 Haeffner joined the coaching staff of Haverford College where he worked until 1938 when he joined the coaching staff of the Drexel Institute of Technology. During World War II Drexel de-emphasized athletics, and from 1943-1945 Haeffner coached at the Friends' Central School with the understanding that he would resume his post at Drexel after the war's end. He returned to coach at Drexel at the end of war, but left in 1947 to coach for La Salle University. He served as the head baseball coach as La Salle University from 1947 to 1952.
While coaching, he concurrently worked as representative for the Keystone Automobile Club from 1938 until his retirement in 1970. He died on January 27, 1982, and is interred at Mount Peace Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.