James Jacob Cline
(March 2, 1899 – July 19, 1969)
was an
American football
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coach. He served as the head football coach at the Southern Branch of the University of California—now known as the
University of California, Los Angeles
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(UCLA)—from 1923 to 1924, comping a record of 2–10–3.
Cline graduated from
Pomona High School in
Pomona, California
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, before attending the
University of California, Berkeley
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, where he played for the
California Golden Bears under head coach
Andy Smith.
He was later president of Cline Hardwood Co. in
Los Angeles
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, where he died on July 19, 1969.
Head coaching record
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1899 births
1969 deaths
California Golden Bears football players
UCLA Bruins football coaches
People from Fremont County, Iowa
Players of American football from Pomona, California
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