Jacob K. Shell
American football player and coach (1862–1940)
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1862-02-14)February 14, 1862 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | December 10, 1940(1940-12-10) (aged 78) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1878 | Penn |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1888–1898 | Swarthmore |
1899–1901 | Illinois (assistant) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1898–1901 | Illinois |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 58–40–4 |
Jacob Kinzer Shell (February 14, 1862 — December 10, 1940) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Swarthmore College form 1888 to 1898, compiling a record of 58–40–4.[1] Shell was the athletic director at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1888 to 1901.[2] He was also a founder of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Shell died on December 10, 1940, in Philadelphia.[3]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Swarthmore Quakers (Independent) (1888–1890) | |||||||||
1888 | Swarthmore | 0–5 | |||||||
1889 | Swarthmore | 2–5 | |||||||
1890 | Swarthmore | 2–5 | |||||||
Swarthmore Quakers (Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association) (1891) | |||||||||
1891 | Swarthmore | 9–2 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
Swarthmore Quakers (Independent) (1892–1898) | |||||||||
1892 | Swarthmore | 7–3 | |||||||
1893 | Swarthmore | 6–2–1 | |||||||
1894 | Swarthmore | 5–5 | |||||||
1895 | Swarthmore | 7–4–1 | |||||||
1896 | Swarthmore | 2–6 | |||||||
1897 | Swarthmore | 7–3 | |||||||
1898 | Swarthmore | 9–2 | |||||||
Swarthmore: | 58–40–4 | 3–2 | |||||||
Total: | 58–40–4 |
References
- ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
- ^ "Whitman announced as new Illini athletics director". Herald & Review. February 18, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
- ^ "Dr. Jacob K. Shell, AAU Founder, Dies". The Evening News. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. United Press. December 11, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved August 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- Sports-Reference profile
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Swarthmore Garnet Tide head football coaches
- No coach (1878–1879)
- No team (1880–1881)
- No coach (1882–1887)
- Jacob K. Shell (1888–1898)
- W. Sinnott Cummings (1899)
- George H. Brooke (1900–1907)
- No team (1908)
- George H. Brooke (1909–1912)
- L. Fred Gieg (1913–1914)
- Bill Roper (1915–1916)
- Leroy Mercer (1917–1930)
- George Pfann (1931–1935)
- Ira MacIntosh (1936–1937)
- Lew Elverson (1938–1941)
- Carl K. Dellmuth (1942–1944)
- Avery Blake (1945)
- Lew Elverson (1946–1972)
- Millard Robinson # (1973)
- Lew Elverson (1974)
- Tom Lapinski (1975–1984)
- Francis Meagher (1985–1989)
- Karl Miran (1990–1997)
- Pete Alvanos (1998–2000)
# denotes interim head coach