Jud Timm
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball, track and field |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 28, 1906 Twin Falls, Idaho |
| Died |
December 23, 1994 (aged 88) Trenton, New Jersey |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1929 | Illinois |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1930–1938 | Pennsylvania Military |
| 1939–1941 | Moravian |
| 1942–1944 | Yale (backfield) |
| 1945–? | Princeton (backfield) |
| Basketball | |
| 1930–1936 | Pennsylvania Military |
| 1937–1938 | Pennsylvania Military |
| Track and field | |
| 1942–1947 | Princeton (indoor) |
| 1944–1947 | Princeton (outdoor) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall |
52–43–11 (football) 58–54 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-Big Ten (1927) | |
Judson Albert "Jud" Timm (August 28, 1906 – December 23, 1994) was a college football player and coach. A native of Twin Falls, Idaho,[1] he played for Robert Zuppke's Illinois Fighting Illini football teams at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was a prominent halfback[2][3] and a member of its 1927 national championship team.[4] Timm scored in the Michigan game that year;[5] 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.[6] 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.[7][8] 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 Twin Falls, Idaho to Albert Amos Timm and Gertrude Wolfinger.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Military Cadets () (1930–1938) | |||||||||
| 1930 | Pennsylvania Military | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| 1931 | Pennsylvania Military | 4–3–2 | |||||||
| 1932 | Pennsylvania Military | 3–4–2 | |||||||
| 1933 | Pennsylvania Military | 5–2–1 | |||||||
| 1934 | Pennsylvania Military | 7–0–2 | |||||||
| 1935 | Pennsylvania Military | 5–5 | |||||||
| 1936 | Pennsylvania Military | 2–7 | |||||||
| 1937 | Pennsylvania Military | 1–8–1 | |||||||
| 1938 | Pennsylvania Military | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| Pennsylvania Military: | 36–37–10 | ||||||||
| Moravian Greyhounds () (1939–1941) | |||||||||
| 1939 | Moravian | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1940 | Moravian | 6–1 | |||||||
| 1941 | Moravian | 6–2 | |||||||
| Moravian: | 16–6–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 52–43–11 | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "G. Huff, Olander, Clark Speak to 35 Numeral Men". Daily Illini. November 25, 1925.
- ↑ "Timm, Illinois Halfback, Out of Michigan Game". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 20, 1926.
- ↑ "Timm Rebreaks Arim; Is Out For Remainder of Football Season". Daily Illini. October 20, 1926.
- ↑ "Jud Timm Visits Campus; Jolly Is Also In Town". Daily Illini. December 17, 1930.
- ↑ Loren Tate (August 29, 2010). "Tate: Peaks and valleys".
- ↑ J. F. Pirro (March 29, 1990). "Lobb Looks Back On 16 Years of Football At Emmaus High".
- ↑ AP (January 11, 1945). "Timm Named for Princeton Post". Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Utah. p. 10. Retrieved August 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Judson Timm To Assist Odell In Yale Football". Chicago Tribune. June 3, 1942.