Jud Timm Explained

Jud Timm
Birth Date:28 August 1906
Birth Place:Michigan, U.S.
Death Place:Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1926–1929
Player Team2:Illinois
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1930–1938
Coach Team2:Pennsylvania Military
Coach Years3:1939–1941
Coach Team3:Moravian
Coach Years4:1942–1944
Coach Team4:Yale (backfield)
Coach Years5:1945–?
Coach Team5:Princeton (backfield)
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1930–1936
Coach Team7:Pennsylvania Military
Coach Years8:1937–1938
Coach Team8:Pennsylvania Military
Coach Sport9:Track and field
Coach Years10:1942–1947
Coach Team10:Princeton (indoor)
Coach Years11:1944–1947
Coach Team11:Princeton (outdoor)
Overall Record:52–43–11 (football)
58–54 (basketball)
Championships:
Awards:All-Big Ten (1927)

Judson Albert Timm (August 28, 1906  - December 23, 1994) was a college football player and coach. A native of Twin Falls, Idaho,[1] he played for Robert Zuppke's Illinois Fighting Illini football teams at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he was a prominent halfback[2] [3] and a member of its 1927 national championship team.[4] Timm scored in the Michigan game that year;[5] and was an All-Big Ten Conference selection. Timm served as the head football coach at Pennsylvania Military College—now known as Widener University—from 1930 to 1938 and at Moravian College from 1939 to 1941, compiling a career college football coaching record of 52–43–11.[6] He was also the head basketball coach at Pennsylvania Military from 1930 to 1936 and again in 1937–38, tallying a mark of 58–54. Timm was an assistant football coach at Yale University from 1942 to 1944, mentoring the backfield for the Yale Bulldogs football team under head coach Howard Odell.[7] [8] He was later an assistant football coach and head track and field coach at Princeton University.

Early years

Timm was born on August 28, 1906, in Michigan to Albert Amos Timm and Gertrude Wolfinger.

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: G. Huff, Olander, Clark Speak to 35 Numeral Men. Daily Illini. November 25, 1925.
  2. News: Timm, Illinois Halfback, Out of Michigan Game. Chicago Daily Tribune. October 20, 1926.
  3. News: Timm Rebreaks Arim; Is Out For Remainder of Football Season. Daily Illini. October 20, 1926.
  4. News: Jud Timm Visits Campus; Jolly Is Also In Town. Daily Illini. December 17, 1930.
  5. Web site: Tate: Peaks and valleys. Loren Tate. August 29, 2010.
  6. Web site: Lobb Looks Back On 16 Years of Football At Emmaus High. March 29, 1990. J. F. Pirro.
  7. News: Timm Named for Princeton Post . . . . January 11, 1945 . 10 . August 3, 2015 .
  8. News: Judson Timm To Assist Odell In Yale Football. Chicago Tribune. June 3, 1942.