Jenks Gillem
{{Short description|American football player and coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Jenks Gillem
| image = Gillem.png
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|10|6}}
| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|11|11|1890|10|6}}
| death_place = Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.
| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1910–1912
| player_team1 = Sewanee
| player_positions = End, punter
| coach_years1 = 1919–1922
| coach_team1 = Birmingham–Southern (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1923
| coach_team2 = Howard (AL) (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1924–1926
| coach_team3 = Howard (AL)
| coach_years4 = 1928–1939
| coach_team4 = Birmingham–Southern
| coach_years5 = 1940–1941
| coach_team5 = Sewanee
| overall_record = 73–65–10
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| 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
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Jennings Frederick Gillem ({{circa|1890}} – November 11, 1951), nicknamed "Jenks" and "Sam", 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.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1891&dat=19690727&id=2eRGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_f0MAAAAIBAJ&pg=2256,3526388|newspaper=Gadsden Times|date=July 27, 1969|title=All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1242&dat=19690731&id=TkdTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YoYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2604,3160960|newspaper=Kingsport Post|title=U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team|date=July 31, 1969}} In 1915 he was selected by John Heisman one of the 30 greatest Southern football players.{{cite news|url=https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn89053729/1915-03-10/ed-3/seq-9/print/image_681x799_from_0,0_to_5428,6370/|date=March 10, 1915|title=Dixie's Football Hall of Fame|author=J. W. Heisman|work=Atlanta Georgian}}
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.{{cite news |title=Jennings Gillem Dies In Birmingham |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3To_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=7UwMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3186,3366410 |newspaper=The Tuscaloosa News |agency=Associated Press |date=November 12, 1951 |access-date=January 18, 2011 |via=Google News }} He was 5'9" and 150 pounds.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Howard Bulldogs
| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1924
| endyear = 1926
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1924
| name = Howard
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 1–3
| confstanding = T–14th
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| bowloutcome =
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1925
| name = Howard
| overall = 6–3
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 8th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1926
| name = Howard
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference = 2–3–1
| confstanding = 18th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Howard
| overall = 13–12–2
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}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Birmingham–Southern Panthers
| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1928
| endyear = 1930
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1928
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 3–2–4
| conference = 2–2–3
| confstanding = 14th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1929
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 4–4
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 15th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1930
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = T–13th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Birmingham–Southern Panthers
| conf = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association / Dixie Conference
| startyear = 1931
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1931
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 5–4
| conference = 2–3 / 4–3
| confstanding = 6th / T–12th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Birmingham–Southern Panthers
| conf = Dixie Conference
| startyear = 1932
| endyear = 1938
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1932
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 5–3
| conference = 5–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1933
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 3–3–3
| conference = 2–1–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1934
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 9–0
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding = 1st
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1935
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 2–6
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 8th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1936
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1937
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 6–1
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1938
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 4–5
| conference = 4–3
| confstanding = 6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1939
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 2–3–1
| confstanding = T–6th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Birmingham–Southern
| overall = 53–43–8
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Sewanee Tigers
| conf = Southeastern Conference
| startyear = 1940
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1940
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 3–5
| conference = 0–1
| confstanding = 13th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Sewanee Tigers
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1941
| endyear = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1941
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 2–5
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Sewanee
| overall = 5–10
| confrecord = 0–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 73–65–10
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
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{{Samford Bulldogs football coach navbox}}
{{Birmingham–Southern Panthers football coach navbox}}
{{Sewanee Tigers football coach navbox}}
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| title = Jenks Gillem—awards and honors
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{{1910 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
{{1911 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
{{1912 College Football Composite All-Southerns}}
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