Theodore Lemuel Jefferies (November 8, 1908 – January 2, 1985) was an American football player and coach.

Jefferies was an alumnus of the Centenary College of Louisiana, which he graduated from in 1929, as president of the student body and as "candidate for a B.S.

Jefferies later coached at Lamar University, at a time when the school was still a junior college.

Slocum played for Jefferies at Stark High School in Orange, Texas.

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