Judson Albert Timm (August 28, 1906 – December 23, 1994) was a

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player and coach. A native of

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, he played for

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teams at the

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, where he was a prominent halfback and a member of its 1927 national championship team. Timm scored in the

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game that year; and was an All-

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selection. Timm served as the head football coach at Pennsylvania Military College—now known as

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—from 1930 to 1938 and at Moravian College from 1939 to 1941, compiling a career college football coaching record of 52–43–11. He was also the head basketball coach at Pennsylvania Military from 1930 to 1936 and again in 1937–38, tallying a mark of 58–54. Timm was an assistant football coach at

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from 1942 to 1944, mentoring the backfield for the

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team under head coach Howard Odell. He was later an assistant football coach and head

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coach at

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Early years

Timm was born on August 28, 1906, in

to Albert Amos Timm and Gertrude Wolfinger.

Head coaching record

Football

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Timm, Jud 1906 births 1994 deaths American football fullbacks American football halfbacks Basketball coaches from Idaho Illinois Fighting Illini football players Moravian Greyhounds football coaches Princeton Tigers football coaches Princeton Tigers track and field coaches Widener Pride football coaches Widener Pride men's basketball coaches Yale Bulldogs football coaches Sportspeople from Twin Falls, Idaho Players of American football from Idaho