Jim Trimble
American football head coach
1918 – 2006
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Who was Jim Trimble?
James W. "Jim" Trimble was a football coach who served as head coach in both the National Football League and Canadian Football League, but his legacy is more connected to football products, thanks to his "slingshot" goal posts. In the NFL, he spent four years leading the Philadelphia Eagles, before spending the next decade in the CFL, most notably with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
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- Born
- May 29, 1918
McKeesport - Also known as
- James W. \"Jim\" Trimble
- Nationality
- Canada
- Education
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- McKeesport
- Died
- May 23, 2006
Indianapolis
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on July 23, 2013
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