Biographical details | |
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Alma mater | Yale Law School (JD, 1906) |
Playing career | |
1902–1903 | Amherst |
1905 | Yale |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1906 | Sewanee |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 8–1 |
James John Quill was an American football player and coach. He was a graduate of both Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts and the Yale Law School. [1] Quill's hit on Francis Burr in the 1905 Harvard–Yale football game was a catalyst for major reforms in the game of college football. [2] He served as the head football coach at Sewanee: The University of the South in 1906, compiling a record of 8–1. [3]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Sewanee Tigers ( Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1906) | |||||||||
1906 | Sewanee | 8–1 | 5–1 | 3rd | |||||
Sewanee: | 8–1 | 5–1 | |||||||
Total: | 8–1 |