James John Quill | |
Alma Mater: | Yale Law School (JD, 1906) |
Player Years1: | 1902–1903 |
Player Team1: | Amherst |
Player Years2: | 1905 |
Player Team2: | Yale |
Coach Years1: | 1906 |
Coach Team1: | Sewanee |
Overall Record: | 8–1 |
James John Quill was an American football player and coach. He was a graduate of both Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts and the Yale Law School.[1] Quill's hit on Francis Burr in the 1905 Harvard–Yale football game was a catalyst for major reforms in the game of college football.[2] He served as the head football coach at in 1906, compiling a record of 8–1.[3]