Sport(s) Football 1928–1939 Birmingham–Southern 1910–1912 Sewanee 1940–1941 Sewanee | Position(s) End/Punter Name Jenks Gillem 1925–1926 Howard (AL) Role American football player | |
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Died November 11, 1951, Gadsden, Alabama, United States | ||
Jennings F. "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. He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now Samford University (1925–1926), Birmingham–Southern College (1928–1939), and Sewanee (1940–1941), compiling a career college football record of 71–65–10. Gillem died on November 11, 1951 at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama after a long illness. He was 5'9" and 150 pounds.
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