Thomas Andrew Gill Explained

Thomas Andrew Gill
Birth Date:23 January 1887
Birth Place:Washington, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1909–1911
Player Team2:Indiana
Player Sport3:Baseball
Player Years4:1909–1912
Player Team4:Indiana
Player Years5:1915
Player Team5:Winston-Salem Twins
Player Years6:1920
Player Team6:Saskatoon Quakers
Player Positions:Halfback, quarterback (football)
Second baseman, shortstop (baseball)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1912
Coach Team2:Lombard
Coach Years3:1913
Coach Team3:Albion
Coach Years4:1914–1917
Coach Team4:North Dakota
Coach Years5:1918–1919
Coach Team5:Kentucky
Coach Years6:1921–1940
Coach Team6:Elston HS (IN)
Coach Sport7:Men's basketball
Coach Years8:1913–1914
Coach Team8:Albion
Coach Years9:1914–1918
Coach Team9:North Dakota
Coach Years10:1918–1919
Coach Team10:Kentucky
Coach Sport11:Women's basketball
Coach Years12:1918–1919
Coach Team12:Kentucky
Coach Sport13:Baseball
Coach Years14:1914
Coach Team14:Albion
Coach Years15:1915–1916
Coach Team15:North Dakota
Coach Years16:1918–1919
Coach Team16:Kentucky
Overall Record:20–27–3 (college football)
49–27 (men's college basketball)

Thomas Andrew Gill (January 23, 1887 – March 8, 1947) was an American football, and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.

Coaching career

Gill was the head football coach at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois in 1912 and at Albion College in Albion, Michigan in 1913.[1] [2] He also coached Albion's baseball team in the spring of 1914.[3] In May 1914, Gill was hired to coach football, basketball, at baseball at University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota.[4]

Gill served as the head football coach at Kentucky from 1918 to 1919, compiled a 5–5–1 record His 1918 team won two games, at Indiana, 24–7, and at, 21–3. They lost at Vanderbilt, 33–0. A subsequent game against Centre and the remainder of the season were canceled due to the 1918 flu pandemic. Gill's 1919 team was 3–4–1, with wins against Georgetown, 1919 Sewanee Tigers football team and Tennessee and losses to Indiana, Ohio State, Cincinnati and Centre, while tying Vanderbilt, 0–0.

Gill coached the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team in 1918–19, finishing with a 6–8 record.[5]

Death and honors

Gill died at the age 60, on March 8, 1947, in Daytona Beach, Florida.[6] He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2007.[7]

Head coaching record

College football

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: . Lombard Sees Prospects With Roseate Here . . . October 1, 1912 . 4 . April 25, 2022 . .
  2. News: . Albion Hopes To Win These . . . November 6, 1913 . 12 . April 25, 2022 . .
  3. News: . Albion's Best Faces U. Of D. . . . May 1, 1914 . 15 . April 25, 2022 . .
  4. News: . Gill North Dakota Coach . The Oakes Times . . May 21, 1914 . 3 . April 25, 2022 . .
  5. Web site: Andrew Gill Coaching Record . College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com . April 24, 2022 .
  6. News: . Thomas Gill, Former Cat Grid Coach, Dies . . . . March 10, 1947 . 3 . April 25, 2022 . .
  7. Web site: Gill, Thomas Andrew . . . April 28, 2017 .