Charles O. Gill
American Congregationalist clergyman and college football player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Otis Gill (March 4, 1868 – June 2, 1959) was an American Congregationalist clergyman and college football player and coach. With Gifford Pinchot he co-authored two influential books on the state of rural churches in the United States.
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Born | (1868-03-04)March 4, 1868 Walpole, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Died | June 2, 1959(1959-06-02) (aged 91) Waterford, Vermont, U.S. |
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1885–1889 | Yale |
Position(s) | Tackle |
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1894 | California |
1908 | New Hampshire |
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Overall | 1–8–2 (.182) |
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Gill played football at Yale University from 1885 to 1889.[1] He was captain of the Yale team and was on the first College Football All-America Team in 1889.[2] Gill served as the head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1894, and for the New Hampshire football team in 1908,[lower-alpha 1] compiling a career college football coaching record of 1–8–2.[3]