Jud Timm
American football player and coach (1906–1994)
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Judson Albert 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, 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.
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Michigan, U.S.
Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Timm circa 1927 | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 28, 1906 Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | December 23, 1994 (aged 88) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1926–1929 | Illinois |
| Position | 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 | |
| First-team All-Big Ten (1927) | |
Early years
Timm was born on August 28, 1906, in Michigan to Albert Amos Timm and Gertrude Wolfinger.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Military Cadets (Independent) (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 (Independent) (1939–1941) | |||||||||
| 1939 | Moravian | 4–3–1 | |||||||
| 1940 | Moravian | 6–1 | |||||||
| 1941 | Moravian | 6–2 | |||||||
| Moravian: | 16–6–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 52–43–11 | ||||||||
