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George Jennings (American football)

George Jennings
Biographical details
Born1872 (1872)
Pasquotank County, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedSeptember 30, 1918(1918-09-30) (aged 45–46)
Burlington, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materBucknell (1897)
Baltimore Medical (MD, 1902)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1897–1898Bucknell
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1918Burlington City HS (NJ)
Head coaching record
Overall7–7–4

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 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

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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

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  1. ^ "George Jennings". Sports-Reference College Football. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "L'Agenda". Bucknell University. 1898. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "George A. Jennings". Deaths. Virginian-Pilot. Norfolk, VA. October 13, 1918. Sec. II, p. 5.
  4. ^ "Caduceus of Kappa Sigma". Kappa Sigma. 1897. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  5. ^ "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Volume 71". American Medical Association. 1918. Retrieved November 11, 2019.