Biographical details | |
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Born | Lower Allen, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 12, 1905
Died | January 9, 1994 Sarasota, Florida, U.S. | (aged 88)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1927–1929 | Bucknell |
Baseball | |
c. 1929 | Bucknell |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1934–1935 | North Carolina (assistant) |
1936–1946 | Cornell (assistant) |
1947–1960 | Cornell |
Baseball | |
1943–1945 | Cornell |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 66–58–2 (football) 11–22 (baseball) |
George Kepford "Lefty" James (April 12, 1905 – January 9, 1994) was an American football and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Cornell University from 1947 to 1960. Four of his teams won unofficial Ivy League titles and he ran Cornell's physical training program during World War II.