(1911-10-26)October 26, 1911 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died:
January 3, 2003(2003-01-03) (aged 91) Carlsbad, California, U.S.
Career information
High school:
Minneapolis North (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
College:
Ohio State
Position:
End
Career history
As a player:
Cleveland Rams (1936)
As a coach:
Michigan State (1934) Assistant coach
Denison (1935–1937) Assistant coach
Ohio State (1938–1940) Assistant coach
Denison (1941) Line coach
Miami (OH) (1942–1943) Assistant coach
Miami (OH) (1944–1947) Head coach
Army (1948) Line coach
Cincinnati (1949–1954) Head coach
Los Angeles Rams (1955–1959) Head coach
Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers (1960–1969, 1971) Head coach
Dallas Cowboys (1972) Quality control
Houston Oilers (1973–1974) General manager / Head coach
Chicago Bears (1977) Offensive coordinator
Philadelphia Eagles (1979–1980, 1982) Quality control / Quarterbacks coach
Career highlights and awards
AFL champion (1963)
AFL All-Time Team
Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame
San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team
San Diego Chargers 40th Anniversary Team
First-team All-Big Ten (1932)
Second-team All-Big Ten (1933)
Head coaching record
Regular season:
AFL/NFL: 122–99–7 (.550)
Postseason:
AFL/NFL: 1–5 (.167)
Career:
AFL/NFL: 123–104–7 (.541) NCAA: 81–19–2 (.804)
Coaching stats at PFR
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
Sidney Gillman (October 26, 1911 – January 3, 2003) was an American football player, coach and executive. Gillman's insistence on stretching the football field by throwing deep downfield passes, instead of short passes to running backs or wide receivers at the sides of the line of scrimmage, was instrumental in making football into the modern game that it is today. He was inducted as a coach into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983, and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.
Gillman played football as an end at Ohio State University from 1931 to 1933. He played professionally for one season in 1936 with the Cleveland Rams of the second American Football League. After serving as an assistant coach at Ohio State from 1938 to 1940, Gillman was the head football coach at Miami University from 1944 to 1947 and at the University of Cincinnati from 1949 to 1954, compiling a career college football record of 81–19–2. He then moved to the ranks of professional football, where he headed the NFL's Los Angeles Rams (1955–1959), the American Football League's Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers (1960–1969), and the NFL's Houston Oilers (1973–1974), amassing a career record of 123–104–7 in the National Football League and the American Football League. Gillman's 1963 San Diego Chargers won the AFL Championship.
Sidney Gillman (October 26, 1911 – January 3, 2003) was an American football player, coach and executive. Gillman's insistence on stretching the football...
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his grip would not be affected once the finger healed. Chargers coach SidGillman put Kemp on waivers to try to "hide" him. Buffalo Bills coach Lou Saban...
resurrected it as part of the new spread passing offense he synthesized. SidGillman, after a long career, coached the San Diego Chargers throughout the 1960s...
seasons in 1972–73. But by 1974, the Oilers led by Hall of Fame coach SidGillman brought the team back to respectability by reaching .500 at season's...
coach was SidGillman from the Los Angeles Rams. His strength lay in offense innovation and he was later honoured in the Hall of Fame. Gillman (87–57–6)...
coach for Earl Blaik at Army. Under head coach SidGillman, the Redskins compiled a record of 31–6–1. Gillman is best known for helping develop the deep downfield...
18 coaches in San Diego and Los Angeles franchise history, including SidGillman, who coached the Los Angeles Chargers' first and only season in 1960...
California. From among the 28 head coaches throughout the team's history, SidGillman, George Allen, and Dick Vermeil were inducted into the Pro Football Hall...
1960s, Phillips was hired by SidGillman to serve as a defensive assistant coach for the San Diego Chargers. In 1973, Gillman became head coach of the Houston...
football team produced five professional football players. The legendary SidGillman was head coach for four months during an offseason before his final coaching...
football coach of the Bearcats football, compiling a 12–21–3 record. SidGillman, a member of the College and National Football League hall of fame shrines...
Bills' roster that were previously released by San Diego head coach SidGillman. This was the last AFL Championship to end the season; the AFL–NFL merger...
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opponent's pass rush. Mike Martz said the offensive system was invented by SidGillman and refined at San Diego State by Don Coryell, who later transmitted...
linebackers coach for the AFL's Oakland Raiders in 1967, putting him in the SidGillman coaching tree. He helped the team reach Super Bowl II that season. A...
(1939–2010), beauty queen Larry Gelbart (1928–2009), television writer SidGillman (1911–2003), Hall of Fame football coach Bernard Gilmore (1937–2013)...
anabolic steroid usage, the first such in professional football. Head coach SidGillman and strength coach Alvin Roy made daily doses of Dianabol compulsory...
Cardinals: Bob Hollway replaced Charley Winner. San Diego Chargers: SidGillman returned to the field after sitting out half of the 1969 season and all...
Steelers' head coach. Noll is considered part of SidGillman's coaching tree. He later remembered Gillman as "one of the game's prime researchers and offensive...
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quarterback in 1958, but Waterfield left the team after the 1958 season. SidGillman resigned as the Rams head coach after the team went 2–10 in 1959. In...
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