John Jacob Winn (February 7, 1898 – February 16, 1974) was an American college football player and coach and circuit judge. He served as the head football coach at the University of Kentucky for one season in 1923, compiling a record of 4–3–2. Winn graduated from Princeton University in 1918.[1] He played football there and was captain of the 1917 Princeton Tigers football team. He was the ends coach at his alma mater in 1920.[2] Winn joined the Kentucky Wildcats football team in 1922 as a line coach under William Juneau.[3] Winn served as a lieutenant in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was an assistant coach for the 1943 Wright Field Kittyhawks football team.[4]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 7, 1898 |
| Died | February 16, 1974 Mount Sterling, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1917 | Princeton |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1920 | Princeton (ends) |
| 1922 | Kentucky (line) |
| 1923 | Kentucky |
| 1932 | Transylvania |
| 1943 | Wright Field (assistant) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–8–3 |
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky Wildcats (Southern Conference) (1923) | |||||||||
| 1923 | Kentucky | 4–3–2 | 0–2–2 | 17th | |||||
| Kentucky: | 4–3–2 | 0–2–2 | |||||||
| Transylvania Pioneers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1932) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Transylvania | 3–5–1 | 1–3–1 | T–19th | |||||
| Transylvania: | 3–5–1 | 1–3–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 7–8–3 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Princeton Alumni Weekly". 1973.
- ^ Herring, Donald Grant (November 24, 1920). "Football; The Princeton Season Reviewed". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Vol. XXI, no. 8. p. 173. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ^ "Jack Winn Chosen Coach of Wildcats". Mt. Sterling Advocate. Vol. XXXII, no. 18. Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. December 14, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Louisville's Beck To Play Against Bombers Today". Courier Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. November 21, 1943. p. 12, section 4. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). homepages.transy.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 1, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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