Gill was also an athlete at Indiana University, where he competed in football, baseball, basketball, and track and field.

A subsequent game against Centre and the remainder of the season were canceled due to the 1918 flu pandemic.

Gill coached the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team in 1918–19, finishing with a 6–8 record.

[6] Gill died at the age 60, on March 8, 1947, in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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