James Milton Sheldon Sr. (c. 1880 – July 7, 1965) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Indiana University from 1905 to 1913, while also serving as assistant professor of law, compiling a record of 35–26–3. Sheldon was also the head basketball coach at Indiana for one season, in 1906–07, tallying a mark of 9–5. In addition, he served as Indiana's athletic director from 1907 to 1910.
james, sheldon, james, milton, sheldon, 1880, july, 1965, american, football, player, coach, football, basketball, college, athletics, administrator, served, head, football, coach, indiana, university, from, 1905, 1913, while, also, serving, assistant, profess. James Milton Sheldon Sr c 1880 July 7 1965 was an American football player coach of football and basketball and college athletics administrator He served as the head football coach at Indiana University from 1905 to 1913 while also serving as assistant professor of law compiling a record of 35 26 3 Sheldon was also the head basketball coach at Indiana for one season in 1906 07 tallying a mark of 9 5 In addition he served as Indiana s athletic director from 1907 to 1910 James M SheldonSheldon from The Arbutus 1907Biographical detailsBornc 1880Died 1965 07 07 July 7 1965 aged 85 LaPorte Indiana U S Playing careerFootball1899 1902ChicagoPosition s Halfback endCoaching career HC unless noted Football1903 1904Chicago assistant 1905 1913IndianaBasketball1906 1907IndianaAdministrative career AD unless noted 1907 1910IndianaHead coaching recordOverall35 26 3 football 9 5 basketball Sheldon died on July 7 1965 in LaPorte Indiana 1 Head coaching record editFootball edit Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl playoffsIndiana Hoosiers Big Ten Conference 1905 1913 1905 Indiana 8 1 1 0 1 1 6th1906 Indiana 4 2 0 2 7th1907 Indiana 2 3 1 0 3 T 6th1908 Indiana 3 4 1 3 T 4th1909 Indiana 4 3 1 3 T 5th1910 Indiana 6 1 3 1 3rd1911 Indiana 3 3 1 0 3 1 8th1912 Indiana 2 5 0 5 8th1913 Indiana 3 4 2 4 T 7thIndiana 35 26 3 7 25 2Total 35 26 3References edit James Sheldon Dies Former Indiana Coach Hartford Courant Hartford Connecticut Associated Press July 8 1965 p 5 via Newspapers com nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1900s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James M Sheldon amp oldid 1144310495, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
