Gil Kuhn | |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1915 |
Birth Place: | Placentia, California, U.S. |
Death Place: | Anaheim, California, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1932–1936 |
Player Team1: | USC |
Player Years2: | 1937 |
Player Team2: | New York Yankees (AFL) |
Player Years3: | 1940 |
Player Team3: | Hollywood Bears |
Player Positions: | Center |
Coach Years1: | 1938 |
Coach Team1: | Glendale (CA) |
Coach Years2: | 1943 |
Coach Team2: | Lowry Field |
Coach Years3: | 1956 |
Coach Team3: | San Diego |
Awards: | Second-team All-PCC (1936) |
Gilbert James Kuhn (January 5, 1915 – April 12, 2006) was an American football player and coach.[1] He played college football for the USC Trojans under head coach Howard Jones and was selected by the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL) in the 1937 NFL draft.[2] [3]
Kuhn served as head coach of the 1943 Lowry Field Bombers football team.[4] He was the head football coach at the University of San Diego in 1956.
Kuhn died from heart failure, on April 12, 2006.[5]