John Gere Jayne
John Gere Jayne (May 12, 1874 – September 6, 1920) was an attorney and American football and baseball coach for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South.
Biographical details | |
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Born | Berwick, Pennsylvania | May 12, 1874
Died | September 6, 1920 46) Berwick, Pennsylvania | (aged
Playing career | |
Baseball | |
1893–1897 | Princeton |
Position(s) | Pitcher, outfielder |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1897–1898 | Sewanee |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 5–3–1 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 SIAA (1898) |
Early years
Jayne was the son of Samuel Carver Jayne and Hattie Gere. Samuel was the cashier at the First National Bank.[1][2] Hattie's mother was the aunt of Grover Cleveland.[3] He attended Princeton University, where he got his law degree.[4] He was a pitcher and outfielder on the baseball team.[5][6] He graduated in June 1897.[7]
Sewanee
Jayne's first year coaching Sewanee football was the worst in its history. He then coached the 1898 Sewanee football team to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship.[8]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Sewanee Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1897–1898) | |||||||||
1897 | Sewanee | 1–3–1 | 1–2–1 | ||||||
1898 | Sewanee | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
Sewanee: | 5–3–1 | 4–2–1 | |||||||
Total: | 5–3–1 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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References
- "Local History". www.berwickhistoricalsociety.org.
- "Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, Containing a Concise History of the Two Counties and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families ..." J. H. Beers & Company. 20 January 2019 – via Google Books.
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/Genealogy_of_the_Geer_Family_in_America/cVlMAAAAMAAJ?
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/Princeton_Alumni_Weekly/mBFbAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbp=PA50
- "The Amateur Athlete". Amateur Publishing Company. 20 January 1897 – via Google Books.
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/Athletics_at_Princeton/
- https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Genealogy_of_the_Cleveland_and_Cleav/531UQ9XkpswC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=gere+jayne+berwick&pg=PA1089
- http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rfsc/champs/Southern.txt
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