Jenks Gillem, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jenks Gillem

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1890

Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 11-Nov-1951

Profession: head coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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.
He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now Samford University (1925–1926), Birmingham–Southern College (1928–1939), and Sewanee (1940–1941), compiling a career college football record of 71–65–10.
Gillem died on November 11, 1951 at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama after a long illness.
He was 5'9" and 150 pounds.