George Jennings (American football)
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1872 Pasquotank County, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | September 30, 1918 (aged 45–46) Burlington, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Bucknell (1897) Baltimore Medical (MD, 1902) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1897–1898 | Bucknell |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1918 | Burlington City HS (NJ) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–7–4 |
George Albert Jennings (1872 – September 30, 1918) was an American college football coach and physician. He served as the head football coach at his alma mater, Bucknell University, from 1897 to 1898, compiling a record of 7–7–4.[1][2]
Jennings played football at Bucknell,[3] where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity.[4] After graduating, he played two seasons with the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club of Pittsburgh.[3] He earned a medical degree from Baltimore Medical College in 1902 and, at the time of his death, served as an athletic director for the Burlington Public Schools in Burlington, New Jersey.[5]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucknell (Independent) (1897–1898) | |||||||||
| 1897 | Bucknell | 3–3–1 | |||||||
| 1898 | Bucknell | 4–4–3 | |||||||
| Bucknell: | 7–7–4 | ||||||||
| Total: | 7–7–4 | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "George Jennings". Sports-Reference College Football. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ "L'Agenda". Bucknell University. 1898. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ a b "George A. Jennings". Deaths. Virginian-Pilot. Norfolk, VA. October 13, 1918. Sec. II, p. 5.
- ^ "Caduceus of Kappa Sigma". Kappa Sigma. 1897. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 71". American Medical Association. 1918. Retrieved November 11, 2019.