Jack Jennings

Jack Leroy Jennings


Born:
April 2, 1918
Walla Walla, WA 

Died:
February 8, 1982
Seattle, WA


Career
1937-38 Washington State University (College)
1938-39 Washington State University (College)
1939-40 Washington State University (College)
1940-41 Akron Firestone Non-Skids (NBL)
1945-46 Yakima High School - Washington (High School) - Asst. coach
1946-47 Yakima Ramblers (PCL)
1946-47 Yakima High School - Washington (High School) - Head coach
1947-48 Yakima High School - Washington (High School) - Head coach
1948-49 Yakima High School - Washington (High School) - Head coach
1949-50 Yakima High School - Washington (High School) - Head coach
1950-51 Yakima High School - Washington (High School) - Head coach
1951-52 Yakima High School - Washington (High School) - Head coach
1952-53 Yakima High School - Washington (High School) - Head coach
1953-54 Yakima High School - Washington (High School) - Head coach
1954-55 Yakima High School - Washington (High School) - Head coach

According to an article in the Eugene Register Guard from December 5, 1962, his son, Bill, was on the Oregon Ducks freshman basketball team, and Jack was living in Yakima.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19621205&id=Iv9VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1uIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3659,924020&hl=en

So from here, found an obscure article.

In a blurb in the Daily Chronicle, Centralia (WA) 5/22/73, I think it mentions the death of Jack's wife, Mary Lou Jennings (3/7/73 in Yakima). His father is named Frank (1889-1958), mother is Elsie (1890-1982), and lists two sons, William R Jennings of Albany, Oregon (which matches the Oregon Ducks player) and Scott E. Jennings (b. 1948) of Vancouver. Jack's brother, Bill, died in 1951 at 36 years of age.

Then buried on this genealogy page for the the Pettijohn family, I find the Jennings family, and fill in birthday and complete name. This Locate Ancestors link gives us his date of death. Hooray!

Jennings served in the army during World War 2. He was a long time head coach at Yakima High School. He may have coached beyond the 1954-55 season, I am not certain.

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMSS-DPB



Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/j/jennija01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=jennija01