Ted Jefferies

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1908–1985)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Ted Jefferies

| image = Ted Jeffries restored.png|

| alt =

| caption = Jeffries pictured in Yoncopin 1929, Centenary yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|11|8}}

| birth_place = Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|1|2|1908|11|8}}

| death_place = Nacogdoches, Texas, U.S.

| alma_mater = Centenary College of Louisiana (1929)

| player_years1 = 1925–1928

| player_team1 = Centenary

| coach_years1 = 1933–1943

| coach_team1 = Wichita Falls HS (TX)

| coach_years2 = 1946

| coach_team2 = Lamar

| coach_years3 = 1947–1955

| coach_team3 = Stephen F. Austin

| overall_record = 41–40–3 (college)
83–33–8 (high school)

| bowl_record =

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}}

Theodore Lemuel Jefferies (November 8, 1908 – January 2, 1985) was an American football player and coach. Jefferies was an alumnus of the Centenary College of Louisiana, which he graduated from in 1929, as president of the student body and as "candidate for a B.S. degree.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/yoncopin1929edit#page/42/mode/2up|title = Yoncopin|year = 1929|publisher = Centenary College of Louisiana}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NuouAAAAIAAJ&q=coach+Ted+l+Jeffries+orange|title=The Blue Book of College Athletics|year=1956}} He served as head coach at Wichita Falls High School from 1933 to 1943, taking the school to its first state championship in 1941. Jefferies later coached at Lamar University, at a time when the school was still a junior college. In 1947, he became head coach at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Among his former players was later Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints coach Bum Phillips and Texas A&M University coach R. C. Slocum. Slocum played for Jefferies at Stark High School in Orange, Texas. Mr. Ted, as he was called, came out of retirement to coach in Orange. In Slocum's senior season, 1962, Jefferies took Orange to the state semifinals.

Head coaching record

=College=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks

| conf = Lone Star Conference

| startyear = 1947

| endyear = 1955

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1947

| name = Stephen F. Austin

| overall = 3–6–1

| conference = 2–3–1

| confstanding = 5th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1948

| name = Stephen F. Austin

| overall = 7–2–1

| conference = 3–2–1

| confstanding = 3rd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1949

| name = Stephen F. Austin

| overall = 7–2

| conference = 2–1

| confstanding = 2nd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1950

| name = Stephen F. Austin

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 2–2

| confstanding = T–2nd

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| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1951

| name = Stephen F. Austin

| overall = 4–4–1

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = T–4th

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| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1952

| name = Stephen F. Austin

| overall = 3–6

| conference = 1–4

| confstanding = T–4th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1953

| name = Stephen F. Austin

| overall = 1–8

| conference = 0–5

| confstanding = 6th

| bowlname =

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| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1954

| name = Stephen F. Austin

| overall = 6–3

| conference = 3–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

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| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1955

| name = Stephen F. Austin

| overall = 5–4

| conference = 2–4

| confstanding = T–4th

| bowlname =

| bowloutcome =

| bcsbowl =

| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Stephen F. Austin

| overall = 41–40–3

| confrecord = 17–27–2

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 41–40–3

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

References

=Additional sources=

{{cite book |last=Cashion |first=Ty |title=Pigskin Pulpit: A Social History of Texas High School Football Coaches |year=1998 |publisher=Texas State Historical Association |location=Austin |isbn=0-87611-168-1 |pages=148–149 }}

External links

{{Find a Grave|104095082}}

Category:1908 births

Category:1985 deaths

Category:Centenary Gentlemen football players

Category:Lamar Cardinals football coaches

Category:Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football coaches

Category:High school football coaches in Texas

Category:Junior college football coaches in the United States

Category:Sportspeople from Jacksonville, Texas