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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 4, 1868 Walpole, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | June 2, 1959 (aged 91) Waterford, Vermont, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1885–1889 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1894 | California |
| 1908 | New Hampshire |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–8–2 (.182) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Charles Otis Gill (March 4, 1868 – June 2, 1959) was an American Congregationalist clergyman and college football player and coach. With Gifford Pinchot he co-authored two influential books on the state of rural churches in the United States.
Gill played football at Yale University from 1885 to 1889.[1] He was captain of the Yale team and was on the first College Football All-America Team in 1889.[2] Gill served as the head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1894, and for the New Hampshire football team in 1908,[a] compiling a career college football coaching record of 1–8–2.[3]
- ^ Yale Her Campus Classrooms and Athletics by Walter Camp, L. C. Page and Company, Boston 1899
- ^ The Yale Football Story by Tim Cohane, G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York 1951
- ^ "Charles O. Gill Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
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