(1890-10-06)October 6, 1890 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died
November 11, 1951(1951-11-11) (aged 61) Gadsden, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
1910–1912
Sewanee
Position(s)
End, punter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1919–1922
Birmingham–Southern (assistant)
1923
Howard (AL) (assistant)
1924–1926
Howard (AL)
1928–1939
Birmingham–Southern
1940–1941
Sewanee
Head coaching record
Overall
73–65–10
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 Dixie (1934, 1937)
Awards
3× All-Southern (1910, 1911, 1912) Associated Press Southeast Area All-Time football team 1869-1919 era. Sewanee All-Time Football Team
Jennings Frederick "Sam" "Jenks" Gillem (c. 1890 – November 11, 1951) was an American football player and coach. Gillem played for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South, and was selected All-Southern in 1910, 1911, and 1912. His ability punting the football netted him a spot on an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.[1][2] He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University (1924–1926), Birmingham–Southern College (1928–1939), and Sewanee (1940–1941), compiling a career college football record of 73–65–10. Gillem died on November 11, 1951, at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama, after a long illness.[3] He was 5'9" and 150 pounds.
^"All-Time Football Team Lists Greats Of Past, Present". Gadsden Times. July 27, 1969.
^"U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
^"Jennings Gillem Dies In Birmingham". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. November 12, 1951. Retrieved January 18, 2011 – via Google News.
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