James Goff

James Goff
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born (1912-05-13)May 13, 1912
Normal, Illinois
Died February 28, 1980(1980-02-28) (aged 67)
Tucson, Arizona
Playing career
Football
c. 1930 Illinois State
Basketball
1930–1934 Illinois State
1939–1941 Hammond Ciesar All-Americans
Baseball
c. 1934 Illinois State
1934 Baton Rouge Red Sticks/Clarksdale Ginners
1934 San Antonio Missions
1934 Palestine Pals
1935 Bloomington Bloomers
1935 Duluth Dukes
1936–1937 Davenport Blue Sox
1937 Fulton Eagles
1938 Hot Springs Bathers
1938 Hopkinsville Hoppers
1938–1939 Bloomington Bloomers
1939 Thomasville Orioles
1940–1941 Clinton Giants
1944 Kansas City Blues
Position(s) Halfback (football)
Forward (basketball)
Pitcher (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1942 Millikin (assistant)
1945 Eastern Illinois
Basketball
1942–1943 Millikin
1944–1946 Eastern Illinois
1949–1957 Illinois State
1957–1960 Quincy
Baseball
1943 Millikin
Head coaching record
Overall 2–3–2 (football)
168–168 (basketball)
5–2 (baseball)

James Frederick "Pim" Goff (May 13, 1912 – February 28, 1980) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was and the 11th head football coach at Eastern Illinois State Teachers College—now known as Eastern Illinois University—serving for one season in 1945 season and compiling a record of 2–3–2.[1] Goff was the head basketball coach at Millikin University in 1942–1943, at Eastern Illinois from 1944 to 1946, at Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—from 1949 to 1957, and at Quincy College and Seminary—now known as Quincy University, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 168–168. He was also the head baseball coach at Millikin in 1943, tallying a mark of 5–2.

Goff, whose hometown was Normal, Illinois,[2] attended Illinois State University, where he lettered in football, tennis, basketball, baseball, and track. He also played professional baseball and professional basketball.[2] He died in 1980 while vacationing in Tucson, Arizona.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Eastern Illinois Coaching Records Archived November 22, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. 1 2 3 Illinois State Athletics Percy Hall of Fame
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