Sid Gillman

Sid Gillman

Gillman as coach of the Rams in 1959
Personal information
Born:	(1911-10-26)October 26, 1911 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died:	January 3, 2003(2003-01-03) (aged 91) Carlsbad, California, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Minneapolis North (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
College:	Ohio State
Position:	End
Career history
As a player:
Cleveland Rams (1936)
As a coach:
Michigan State (1934) Assistant coach Denison (1935–1937) Assistant coach Ohio State (1938–1940) Assistant coach Denison (1941) Line coach Miami (OH) (1942–1943) Assistant coach Miami (OH) (1944–1947) Head coach Army (1948) Line coach Cincinnati (1949–1954) Head coach Los Angeles Rams (1955–1959) Head coach Los Angeles / San Diego Chargers (1960–1969, 1971) Head coach Dallas Cowboys (1972) Quality control Houston Oilers (1973–1974) General manager / Head coach Chicago Bears (1977) Offensive coordinator Philadelphia Eagles (1979–1980, 1982) Quality control / Quarterbacks coach
Executive profile at Pro Football Reference
Career highlights and awards
AFL champion (1963) AFL All-Time Team Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame San Diego Chargers 50th Anniversary Team San Diego Chargers 40th Anniversary Team First-team All-Big Ten (1932) Second-team All-Big Ten (1933)
Head coaching record
Regular season:	AFL/NFL: 122–99–7 (.550)
Postseason:	AFL/NFL: 1–5 (.167)
Career:	AFL/NFL: 123–104–7 (.541) NCAA: 81–19–2 (.804)
Record at Pro Football Reference
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Sidney Gillman (October 26, 1911 – January 3, 2003) was an American football player, coach and executive. Gillman's insistence on stretching the football field by throwing deep downfield passes, instead of short passes to running backs or wide receivers at the sides of the line of scrimmage, was instrumental in making football into the modern game that it is today. He was inducted as a coach into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983, and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Gillman played football as an end at Ohio State University from 1931 to 1933. He played professionally for one season in 1936 with the Cleveland Rams of the second American Football League. After serving as an assistant coach at Ohio State from 1938 to 1940, Gillman was the head football coach at Miami University from 1944 to 1947 and at the University of Cincinnati from 1949 to 1954, compiling a career college football record of 81–19–2. He then moved to the ranks of professional football, where he headed the NFL's Los Angeles Rams (1955–1959), the American Football League's Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers (1960–1969), and the NFL's Houston Oilers (1973–1974), amassing a career record of 123–104–7 in the National Football League and the American Football League. Gillman's 1963 San Diego Chargers won the AFL Championship.