Gil Kuhn
American football player and coach (1915–2006)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1915-01-05)January 5, 1915 Placentia, California, U.S. |
Died | April 12, 2006(2006-04-12) (aged 91) Anaheim, California, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1932–1936 | USC |
1937 | New York Yankees (AFL) |
1940 | Hollywood Bears |
Position(s) | Center |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1938 | Glendale (CA) |
1943 | Lowry Field |
1956 | San Diego |
Accomplishments and honors | |
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]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Lowry Field Bombers (Independent) (1943) | |||||||||
1943 | Lowry Field | 1–3 | |||||||
Lowry Field: | 1–3 | ||||||||
San Diego Pioneers (Independent) (1956) | |||||||||
1956 | San Diego | 2–3 | |||||||
San Diego: | 1–3 | ||||||||
Total: | 3–6 |
References
- ^ "Gilbert Kuhn". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "1937 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ "Brooklyn Tigers Drafts". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "Service Teams Clash In Grid Opener". Salt Lake Telegram. Salt Lake City, Utah. International News Service. September 6, 1943. p. 10. Retrieved April 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Gil Kuhn, captain of 1936 USC football team, dies at 91". ocregister.com. April 22, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
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Glendale Vaqueros head football coaches
- Sam Tenison (1930–1937)
- Gil Kuhn (1938)
- Thomas S. Ryan (1939–1941)
- Sherman C. Miller (1942)
- Marger Apsit (1946–1948)
- Bill Reinhard (1949–1957)
- Ed Simmons (1958–1959)
- Mike Giddings (1960)
- Don Bennett (1961–1965)
- Roy Vujovich (1966)
- Bill Sandstrom (1967)
- Philip D. Brown (1968)
- Lou Massei (1969–1971)
- Jim Sartoris (1972–1988)
- John Cicuto (1989—2007)
- John Rome (2008–2019)
- No team (2020)
- Tanner Farwell (2021– )
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