James J. Cline

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1899–1960)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = James J. Cline

| image = Jimmie Cline.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cline pictured in Southern Campus 1924, UCLA yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1899|3|2}}

| birth_place = Fremont County, Iowa, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|7|19|1899|3|2}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1918–1919

| player_team1 = California

| coach_years1 = 1923–1924

| coach_team1 = Southern Branch

| overall_record = 2–10–3

| bowl_record =

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}}

James Jacob Cline{{cite book|title=Register|author=University of California (1868-1952)|date=1920|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-QYAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=April 14, 2015}} (March 2, 1899 – July 19, 1969){{cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VJPR-JT2|title=Person Details for James Jacob Cline, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935" — FamilySearch.org|publisher=familysearch.org|accessdate=April 14, 2015}} was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the Southern Branch of the University of California—now known as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)—from 1923 to 1924, comping a record of 2–10–3.

Cline graduated from Pomona High School in Pomona, California, before attending the University of California, Berkeley, where he played for the California Golden Bears under head coach Andy Smith.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/southerncampus1924univ#page/180/mode/2up|title=Southern campus|accessdate=April 14, 2015}} He was later president of Cline Hardwood Co. in Los Angeles, where he died on July 19, 1969.{{cite news |author= |title=Ex-Cal Gridder, Cline, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18152657/the_los_angeles_times/ |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location= Los Angeles, California |date=July 22, 1969 |page=36 |access-date=March 9, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}