John Gere Jayne
Biographical details
Born(1874-05-12)May 12, 1874
Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 6, 1920(1920-09-06) (aged 46)
Berwick, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
Baseball
1893–1897Princeton
Position(s)Pitcher, outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1897–1898Sewanee
1899-1900North Carolina (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall5–3–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SIAA (1898)

John Gere Jayne (May 12, 1874 – September 6, 1920) was an attorney and American football and baseball coach for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South.

Early years

Jayne was the son of Samuel Carver Jayne and Hattie Gere. Samuel was the cashier at the First National Bank.[1][2] Hattie's mother was the aunt of Grover Cleveland.[3] He attended Princeton University, where he got his law degree.[4] He was a pitcher and outfielder on the baseball team.[5][6] He graduated in June 1897.[7]

Sewanee

Jayne's first year coaching Sewanee football was the worst in its history. He then coached the 1898 Sewanee football team to the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) championship.[8]

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Sewanee Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1897–1898)
1897 Sewanee 1–3–11–2–1
1898 Sewanee 4–03–01st
Sewanee: 5–3–14–2–1
Total:5–3–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. "Local History". www.berwickhistoricalsociety.org.
  2. "Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, Containing a Concise History of the Two Counties and a Genealogical and Biographical Record of Representative Families ..." J. H. Beers & Company. 20 January 2019 via Google Books.
  3. Genealogy of the Geer Family in America from 1635 to 1914. T.A. Wright. 1914.
  4. Princeton Alumni Weekly. Princeton University Press. 1920.
  5. "The Amateur Athlete". Amateur Publishing Company. 20 January 1897 via Google Books.
  6. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Athletics_at_Princeton/
  7. The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families: An Attempt to Trace, in Both the Male and Female Lines, the Posterity of Moses Cleveland ... [and] of Alexander Cleveland ... With Numerous Biographical Sketches; and Containing Ancestries of Many of the Husbands and Wives, Also a Bibliography of the Cleveland Family and a Genealogical Account of Edward Winn of Woburn, and of Other Winn Families. subscribers. 1899. ISBN 9780598463906.
  8. "David Wilson's Homepage".
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