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Gill, John W., 1898-1997

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John W. Gill grew up in Akron, Michigan and moving to Lansing, Michigan in 1908. He came to Western Michigan University in 1919 after being recruited by Bill Spaulding into sports, and graduating in 1924. At WMU, Gill played baseball, football, and basketball. He was freshman football coach and later head football coach for 11 years from 1942-1953, after which he was assistant athletic director for 16 years.

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Western Michigan University -- Sports -- History 15
Coaches (Athletics) 8
Western Michigan University -- Football -- History 6
College athletes -- Recruiting 5
Western Michigan University -- Faculty 5
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Western State Teachers College (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 5
Western Michigan University -- Buildings 4
Coaching (Athletics) 3
College students -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 3
College students, Black -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 3
Track and field athletes 3
Western Michigan College -- History 3
Western Michigan University -- Administration 3
Western Michigan University -- Baseball 3
Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- History 3
Western State Normal School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 3
Depressions -- 1929 -- Michigan -- Personal narratives 2
Western Michigan University -- History 2
Western Michigan University -- Presidents 2
Western Michigan University. Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation -- History 2
Western State Teachers College -- History 2
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American -- Personal narratives 2
African American fighter pilots 1
American College Testing Program 1
College World Series (Baseball) 1
College athletes 1
College students -- Drug use 1
Discrimination in sports 1
Male college students -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Military education -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941 -- Personal narratives 1
Sports -- Information services 1
Sports in art 1
Sports teams -- United States -- History 1
Students -- Political activity 1
Teachers -- Training of 1
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps -- History 1
Western Michigan College of Education -- History 1
Western Michigan University -- Basketball 1
Western Michigan University -- Football 1
Western Michigan University -- Students 1
Western Michigan University. Faculty Senate -- History 1
Western Michigan University. Department of Industrial Education 1
Western State High School (Kalamazoo, Mich.) -- Students 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo 1
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