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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sid_GillmanSid Gillman - Wikipedia

    Sid Gillman. 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 ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sid_GilmanSid Gilman - Wikipedia

    Sid Gilman. Sidney Gilman is an American retired physician, neurologist, and educator. He is an expert on Alzheimer's disease and spent the majority of his career at the University of Michigan, its medical school, and its Health System. [1]

  3. Five years later, when the AFL was founded, Gillman became the head coach and general manager of the Chargers, who played in Los Angeles in 1960 before settling in San Diego the next year. For the full decade of the AFL (1960-1969), Sid was the lifeblood of the Chargers and a major catalyst to an entire league in its life-and-death struggle.

  4. Jan 4, 2003 · Jan. 4, 2003 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Sid Gillman, the innovative football coach who created the modern passing game and was one of the original proponents of the Super Bowl, died Friday. He ...

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  5. National Football Foundation. Position: Coach Years: Miami [OH] (1944-47), Cincinnati (1949-54) Place of Birth: Minneapolis, MN Date of Birth: Oct. 26, 1911 Place of Death: Carlsbad, CA Date of Death: Jan. 3, 2003 Sid Gillman devoted a lifetime to football and was a winner all the way. He played end for Ohio State and was co-captain of the 1933 ...

  6. Jan 4, 2003 · He was 91. ''Sid Gillman was the father of modern-day passing,'' said Al Davis, the prominent pro football figure who served as Gillman's first offensive coach with the Chargers of the American ...

  7. LOS ANGELES -- Sid Gillman, the Hall of Fame football coach who was one of the masterminds behind the West Coast offense used by several of the NFL's best teams, died early Jan. 3. He was 91. Sid ...

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