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.

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)

Early years

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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

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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

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Sewanee Tigers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1897–1898)
1897 Sewanee 1–3–1 1–2–1
1898 Sewanee 4–0 3–0 1st
Sewanee: 5–3–1 4–2–1
Total: 5–3–1
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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  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. January 20, 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. January 20, 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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