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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 ...
- AFL/NFL: 123–104–7 (.541), NCAA: 81–19–2 (.804)
- Minneapolis North (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
May 24, 2013 · The Sid Gillman coaching tree is documented in the chart below, followed by a feature on Gillman and short biographies of his many disciples. This package also includes features on the Chuck Noll ...
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.
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 ...
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 team, which had a 7-1 record. In his first coaching period, he was an assistant at Denison, Ohio State and Miami of Ohio. In 1944, at age 32, Sid became Miami's head coach, and his career rocketed.
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Jan 3, 2003 · Sid Gillman was a pioneer of passing offense and won division titles in both the NFL and AFL. He coached the Rams, Chargers, and Oilers and was enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1983.
Sid Gillman was a football coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 1955 to 1982, finishing his career as the quarterbacks coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. Over his twenty-four years of coaching his teams compiled a cumulative win/loss record of 183-137-7.
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