Jacob Kinzer Shell (February 14, 1862 — December 10, 1940) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Swarthmore College form 1888 to 1898, compiling a record of 58–40–4. Shell was the athletic director at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 1888 to 1901. He was also a founder of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). Shell died on December 10, 1940, in Philadelphia.

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