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Jud Timm

1906 – 1994

American football player

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Lived 1906 – 1994 (aged 88). Jud Timm was an American american football player.

Judson Albert Timm (August 28, 1906 – December 23, 1994) was a college football player and coach. A native of Twin Falls, Idaho, he played for Robert Zuppke's Illinois Fighting Illini football teams at the University of Illinois, where he was a prominent halfback and a member of its 1927 national championship team. Timm scored in the Michigan game that year; and was an All-Big Ten Conference selection. Timm served as the head football coach at Pennsylvania Military College—now known as Widener University—from 1930 to 1938 and at Moravian College from 1939 to 1941, compiling a career college football coaching record of 52–43–11. He was also the head basketball coach at Pennsylvania Military from 1930 to 1936 and again in 1937–38, tallying a mark of 58–54. Timm was an assistant football coach at Yale University from 1942 to 1944, mentoring the backfield for the Yale Bulldogs football team under head coach Howard Odell. He was later an assistant football coach and head track and field coach at Princeton University.

Early years Timm was born on August 28, 1906, in Michigan to Albert Amos Timm and Gertrude Wolfinger.

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Frequently asked questions

Who was Jud Timm?

American football player (1906-1994)

When was Jud Timm born?

Jud Timm was born on 28 August 1906 in Twin Falls.

When did Jud Timm die?

Jud Timm died on 23 December 1994 in Trenton.

What was Jud Timm's occupation?

Jud Timm was an american football player.

What nationality was Jud Timm?

Jud Timm was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jud Timm

· Wikidata: Q20880832

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