Jenks_Gillem

Jenks Gillem

Jenks Gillem

American football player and coach


Jennings Frederick "Sam" "Jenks" Gillem (c.1890 – November 11, 1951) was an American 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.

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  1. "All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
  2. "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
  3. "Jennings Gillem Dies In Birmingham". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. November 12, 1951. Retrieved January 18, 2011 via Google News.

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