Career
When he retired in 1984 after 38 years of coaching, he was the winningest (759 wins in 1059 contests) water polo coach in the United States. William "Bill" K Anttila was born in 1919 to parents from Finland. He died in 2011 in Stockton, California.
Antilla coached water polo for 38 years with colleges in California.
He coached swimming and water polo at Stockton College from 1946 to 1984. In 1947, he started the water polo program at the University of the Pacific.
Between 1963 and 1983, he coached the San Joaquin Delta College water polo team He retired from coaching in 1984.
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