Thomas Andrew Gill (January 23, 1887 – March 8, 1947) was an American football, and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
 Gill pictured in the Star Tribune, 1914 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 23, 1887 Washington, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 8, 1947 (aged 60) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1911 | Indiana |
| Baseball | |
| 1909–1912 | Indiana |
| 1915 | Winston-Salem Twins |
| 1920 | Saskatoon Quakers |
| Position(s) | Halfback, quarterback (football) Second baseman, shortstop (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1912 | Lombard |
| 1913 | Albion |
| 1914–1917 | North Dakota |
| 1918–1919 | Kentucky |
| 1921–1940 | Elston HS (IN) |
| Men's basketball | |
| 1913–1914 | Albion |
| 1914–1918 | North Dakota |
| 1918–1919 | Kentucky |
| Women's basketball | |
| 1918–1919 | Kentucky |
| Baseball | |
| 1914 | Albion |
| 1915–1916 | North Dakota |
| 1918–1919 | Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 20–27–3 (college football) 49–27 (men's college basketball) |
Coaching career
editGill was the head football coach at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1912 and at Albion College in Albion, Michigan in 1913.[1][2] He also coached Albion's baseball team in the spring of 1914.[3] In May 1914, Gill was hired to coach football, basketball, at baseball at University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota.[4]
Gill served as the head football coach at Kentucky from 1918 to 1919, compiled a 5–5–1 record His 1918 team won two games, at Indiana, 24–7, and at Georgetown of Kentucky, 21–3. They lost at Vanderbilt, 33–0. A subsequent game against Centre and the remainder of the season were canceled due to the 1918 flu pandemic. Gill's 1919 team was 3–4–1, with wins against Georgetown, 1919 Sewanee Tigers football team and Tennessee and losses to Indiana, Ohio State, Cincinnati and Centre, while tying Vanderbilt, 0–0.
Gill coached the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team in 1918–19, finishing with a 6–8 record.[5]
Death and honors
editGill died at the age 60, on March 8, 1947, in Daytona Beach, Florida.[6] He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2007.[7]
Head coaching record
editCollege football
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lombard Olive (Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1912) | |||||||||
| 1912 | Lombard | 0–6 | |||||||
| Albion (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1913) | |||||||||
| 1913 | Albion | 3–3–1 | 3–2–1 | 4th | |||||
| Albion: | 3–3–1 | 3–2–1 | |||||||
| North Dakota Flickertails (Independent) (1914–1917) | |||||||||
| 1914 | North Dakota | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1915 | North Dakota | 2–2–3 | |||||||
| 1916 | North Dakota | 5–2 | |||||||
| 1917 | North Dakota | 2–4 | |||||||
| North Dakota: | 12–13–1 | ||||||||
| Kentucky Wildcats (Independent) (1918) | |||||||||
| 1918 | Kentucky | 2–1 | |||||||
| Kentucky Wildcats (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919) | |||||||||
| 1919 | Kentucky | 3–4–1 | 3–1–1 | 5th | |||||
| Kentucky: | 5–5–1 | 3–1–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 20–27–3 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Lombard Sees Prospects With Roseate Here". The Decatur Herald. Decatur, Illinois. October 1, 1912. p. 4. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Albion Hopes To Win These". Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. November 6, 1913. p. 12. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Albion's Best Faces U. Of D." Detroit Free Press. Detroit, Michigan. May 1, 1914. p. 15. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Gill North Dakota Coach". The Oakes Times. Oakes, North Dakota. May 21, 1914. p. 3. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Andrew Gill Coaching Record". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
- ^ "Thomas Gill, Former Cat Grid Coach, Dies". The Lexington Herald. Lexington, Kentucky. Associated Press. March 10, 1947. p. 3. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Gill, Thomas Andrew". Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Andrew Gill's profile at BigBlueHistory.com
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