Jim Freeman (American football)

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1914–2015)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Jim Freeman

| image = Jim Freeman (American football).png

| alt =

| caption = Freeman, {{circa|1960}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|1|23}}

| birth_place = Denbo, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|8|11|1914|1|23}}

| death_place = Cape Coral, Florida, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1935–1937

| player_team1 = Indiana

| player_positions = Guard

| coach_years1 = 1946–1947

| coach_team1 = Connecticut (line)

| coach_years2 = 1948–1951

| coach_team2 = Indiana (line)

| coach_years3 = 1956–1961

| coach_team3 = Ball State

| overall_record = 18–28–2

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

}}

James Andrew Sirtosky (January 23, 1914 – August 11, 2015), known as Jim Freeman,[http://www.heraldstandard.com/sports/local/freeman-living-link-to-another-era-of-football/article_305bc706-5d5e-58ba-8687-3f2e78a5a883.html Profile], heraldstandard.com; accessed August 15, 2015.{{subscription required}}[http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/archivesphotos/results/item.do?itemId=P0042105 Profile], dlib.indiana.edu; accessed August 15, 2015. was an American football player and coach, drafted in the ninth round of the 1938 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1938 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1938/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He served as the head football coach at Ball State Teachers College—now Ball State University—from 1956 to 1961, compiling a record of 18–28–2. Born January 23, 1914,{{cite news|title=LIGHT THE CANDLES|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestarpress/access/1807415061.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+22%2C+2004&author=&pub=Star+Press&desc=LIGHT+THE+CANDLES&pqatl=google|newspaper=The Star Press|date=January 22, 2004|accessdate=October 31, 2011|archive-date=May 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511091743/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestarpress/doc/440354233.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan%2022,%202004&author=&pub=Star%20Press&edition=&startpage=&desc=LIGHT%20THE%20CANDLES|url-status=dead}} he turned 100 in 2014{{cite news|title=Former football coach to celebrate 100th birthday|newspaper=The Herald-Standard|publisher=Calkins Media|date=January 24, 2014|url=http://www.heraldstandard.com/community_life/community_news/former-football-coach-to-celebrate-th-birthday/article_89954806-c76d-528f-a04f-ba449a7fb11e.html|accessdate=February 1, 2015}}{{subscription required}} and died on August 11, 2015, aged 101.[http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/James-Andrew-Freeman-102754397 Tribute to Jim Freeman], tributes.com; accessed August 15, 2015.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestarpress/obituary.aspx?n=james-freeman-jim&pid=175651935 James (Jim) Freeman ]