Thomas Andrew Gill
Thomas Andrew Gill (1886 – March 9, 1947) was an American football, and baseball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball.
 Gill pictured in the Star Tribune, 1914 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1886 Washington, Indiana |
| Died | March 9, 1947 (aged 60) Daytona Beach, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1909–1911 | Indiana |
| Baseball | |
| 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) |
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 | Conference | Standing | 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 | 3–4–1 | 3–1–1 | 5th | |||||
| Kentucky: | 5–5–1 | 3–1–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 20–21–2 | ||||||||
References
- "Thomas Gill Dies". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. Associated Press. March 10, 1947. p. 15. Retrieved April 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com
. - "Gill, Thomas Andrew". Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 28, 2017.