Jack Winn Explained

Jack Winn
Birth Date:7 February 1898
Death Place:Mount Sterling, Kentucky, U.S.
Player Years1:1917
Player Team1:Princeton
Coach Years1:1920
Coach Team1:Princeton (ends)
Coach Years2:1922
Coach Team2:Kentucky (line)
Coach Years3:1923
Coach Team3:Kentucky
Coach Years4:1932
Coach Team4:Transylvania
Coach Years5:1943
Coach Team5:Wright Field (assistant)
Overall Record:7–8–3

John Jacob Winn (February 7, 1898 – February 16, 1974) was an American college football player and coach and circuit judge. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky for one season in 1923, compiling a record of 4–3–2. Winn graduated from Princeton University in 1918.[1] He played football there and was captain of the 1917 Princeton Tigers football team. He was the ends coach at his alma mater in 1920.[2] Winn joined the Kentucky Wildcats football team in 1922 as a line coach under William Juneau.[3] Winn served as a lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was an assistant coach for the 1943 Wright Field Kittyhawks football team.[4]

Head coaching record

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Princeton Alumni Weekly. 1973.
  2. News: Herring . Donald Grant . Football; The Princeton Season Reviewed . . XXI . 8 . 173 . November 24, 1920 . January 15, 2015 .
  3. News: . Jack Winn Chosen Coach of Wildcats . Mt. Sterling Advocate . . XXXII . 18 . 1 . December 14, 1922. April 29, 2023 . .
  4. News: . Louisville's Beck To Play Against Bombers Today . . . November 21, 1943 . 12, section 4 . April 29, 2023 . .
  5. Web site: Archived copy . homepages.transy.edu . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701165813/http://homepages.transy.edu/~library/Catalog/HistoryFootballTransylvania.pdf . 1 July 2016 . dead.