player_team death_date coach_years championships player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team cfbdwid sport birth_date image article_title name
kansas state may 17 , 1971 1935 ndash ; 1943 1946 & ndash ; 1947 1936 1937 & ndash ; 1940 1941 & 1 mountain states -lrb- 1942 & ndash ; 1943 -rrb- central intercollegiate athletic conference -lrb- 1935 -rrb- 2 defensive lineman , guard 48 -lrb- 48 38 3 -rrb- & ndash ; 38 & ndash ; 3 1928 & ndash ; 1930 fort state colorado colorado hays state iowa state -lrb- line -rrb- iowa 2591 football c. 1908 james j. yeager.png james j. yeager
 james j. yeager
james j. yeager

james j. `` gentleman jim '' yeager -lrb- c. 1908 -- may 17 , 1971 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he served as the head football coach at fort hays state university -lrb- 1935 -rrb- , iowa state university -lrb- 1937 -- 1940 -rrb- , and the university of colorado at boulder -lrb- 1941 -- 1943 , 1946 -- 1947 -rrb- , compiling a career college football record of 48 -- 38 -- 3 .
yeager won conference championships in 1935 with fort hays state and in 1942 and 1943 with colorado .
