Eugene Luke Gill (August 8, 1898 – October 11, 1981) was an American football, basketball, baseball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of Hawaii from 1940 to 1941. In 1941, Gill and Tom Kaulukukui were co-head coaches. Gill was born on August 8, 1898, in Eugene, Oregon, and raised in the Salem, Oregon area. He attended Oregon Agricultural College–now known as Oregon State University—where he lettered in football and ran track.[1] He was the brother of Slats Gill, who was head basketball coach, head baseball coach, and athletic director at Oregon State. Gill died on October 11, 1981, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Roseburg, Oregon.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 8, 1898 Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
| Died | October 11, 1981 (aged 83) Roseburg, Oregon, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1921–1923 | Oregon Agricultural |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1940–1941 | Hawaii |
| Basketball | |
| 1930–1941 | Hawaii |
| Baseball | |
| 1938–1939 | Hawaii |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1940–1941 | Hawaii |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 10–6 (football) 88–47 (basketball) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii Rainbows (Independent) (1940–1941) | |||||||||
| 1940 | Hawaii | 2–5 | L Pineapple | ||||||
| 1941 | Hawaii | 8–1 | |||||||
| Hawaii: | 10–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 10–6 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Oregon Man To Join Staff At The University—Will Conduct Physical Education Program and Head Inter-mural Sports". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu, Hawaii. August 21, 1930. p. 36. Retrieved September 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Eugene L. Gill". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Corvallis, Oregon. October 13, 1981. p. 12. Retrieved September 18, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .
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