Thomas Andrew Gill

Thomas Andrew Gill
Gill pictured in the Star Tribune, 1914
Sport(s) Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born 1886
Washington, Indiana
Died (1947-03-09)March 9, 1947 (aged 60)
Daytona Beach, Florida
Alma mater Indiana University
Playing career
Football
1909–1911 Indiana
Football
1909–1912 Indiana
Position(s) Halfback, quarterback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1912 Albion
1914–1917 North Dakota
1918–1919 Kentucky
1921–1940 Elston HS (IN)
Men's basketball
1913–1914 Albion
1914–1918 North Dakota
1918–1919 Kentucky
Women's basketball
1918–1919 Kentucky
Baseball
1918–1919 Kentucky
Head coaching record
Overall 20–21–2 (college football)
49–27 (men's college basketball)
18–9 (college baseball)

Thomas Andrew Gill (1886 – March 9, 1947) was an American football, and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.

Coaching career

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 Georgetown of Kentucky, 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.

Death and honors

Gill died at the age 60, on March 9, 1947, in Daytona Beach, Florida.[1] He was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]

Head coaching record

College football

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Albion Britons (Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1912)
1912 Albion 3–3
Albion: 3–3
North Dakota Flickertails (Independent) (1914–1917)
1914 North Dakota 3–5
1915 North Dakota 2–2–3
1916 North Dakota 5–2
1917 North Dakota 2–4
North Dakota: 12–13–1
Kentucky Wildcats (Independent) (1918)
1918 Kentucky 2–1
Kentucky Wildcats (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1919)
1919 Kentucky 3–4–13–1–15th
Kentucky: 5–5–13–1–1
Total:20–21–2

References

  1. ↑ "Thomas Gill Dies". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. Associated Press. March 10, 1947. p. 15. Retrieved April 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
  2. ↑ "Gill, Thomas Andrew". Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
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