SID GILLMAN - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 52544
Price: $120.00
SID GILLMAN
Inscribed and signed 7x9 photo, shown as coach of the Chargers
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Bill Wood/Best Wishes/Sid
Gillman". B/w, 7x8¾. Gillman is shown wearing a San Diego Chargers tee
shirt; he was on the coaching staff of the team from 1961-1971. Sidney "Sid"
Gillman (1911-2003) played football for Ohio State University (he was in
the first College All-Star game in 1934) and for the Cleveland Rams
before turning to coaching. After stints as head coach at Miami
University and the University of Cincinnati, he returned to the NFL
as the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams (1955-1959). Moving to the AFL
in 1960, he coached the Los Angeles Chargers (1960) and the San Diego
Chargers (1961-1971) before coaching the Houston Oilers for two
seasons (1973-1974). Gillman, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of
Fame in 1983, was responsible for a number of innovations, from crafting
unique game plans to the idea of putting players' names on the back of their
uniforms. Lightly creased at corners. Paper remnants on verso (no show-through).
Fine condition.
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