Facts: - death place: indianapolis , indiana - coaching years: 1952 -- 1955 1957 -- 1962 1963 -- 1965 - position: head coach - coaching teams: philadelphia eagles hamilton tiger-cats montreal alouettes - pfr: trimji0.htm - death date: 23 may 2006 - college: indiana university - birth date: 29 may 1918 - name: jim trimble - birth place: mckeesport , pennsylvania Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jim trimble .
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james w. '' jim '' trimble -lrb- may 29 , 1918 -- may 23 , 2006 -rrb- 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 .