Jenks Gillem
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Biographical details | |
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Born | (1890-10-06)October 6, 1890 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | November 11, 1951(1951-11-11) (aged 61) Gadsden, Alabama, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1910–1912 | Sewanee |
Position(s) | End, punter |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1919–1922 | Birmingham–Southern (assistant) |
1923 | Howard (AL) (assistant) |
1924–1926 | Howard (AL) |
1928–1939 | Birmingham–Southern |
1940–1941 | Sewanee |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 73–65–10 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 Dixie (1934, 1937) | |
Awards | |
3× All-Southern (1910, 1911, 1912) Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. Sewanee All-Time Football Team | |
Jennings Frederick "Sam" "Jenks" Gillem (c. 1890 – November 11, 1951) was an American college football player and coach. Gillem played for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South, and was selected All-Southern in 1910, 1911, and 1912. His ability punting the football netted him a spot on an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[1][2] He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University (1924–1926), Birmingham–Southern College (1928–1939), and Sewanee (1940–1941), compiling a career college football record of 73–65–10. Gillem died on November 11, 1951, at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama, after a long illness.[3] He was 5'9" and 150 pounds.
Head coaching record
References
- ^ "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
- ^ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
- ^ "Jennings Gillem Dies In Birmingham". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. November 12, 1951. Retrieved January 18, 2011 – via Google News.
External links
- Jenks Gillem at Find a Grave
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