Jim Pixlee

Jim Pixlee

Pixlee pictured in The Redskin 1920, Oklahoma A&M yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1889-03-29)March 29, 1889 Missouri, U.S.
Died	February 17, 1967(1967-02-17) (aged 77) Cameron, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1909	Missouri
1911–1912	Missouri
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914–1916	Missouri Wesleyan
1919–1920	Oklahoma A&M
1922–1928	Westminster (MO)
1929–1937	George Washington
Basketball
1919–1921	Oklahoma A&M
1922–1929	Westminster (MO)
1930–1932	George Washington
1934–1935	George Washington
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1914–1917	Missouri Wesleyan
1929–1938	George Washington
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 MIAA (1914) 2 MCAU (1924, 1926)

James Ebenezzar "Possum Jim" Pixlee (March 29, 1889 – February 17, 1967) was an American college football and college basketball coach and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Missouri Wesleyan College from 1914 to 1916, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College—now known as Oklahoma State University–Stillwater— frin 1919 to 1920, Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri from 1922 to 1928, and George Washington University from 1929 to 1937. Pixlee was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma A&M (1919–1921), Westminster (1922–1929), and George Washington (1930–1932).

Pixlee attended the University of Missouri, where he lettered in football during the 1909, 1911, and 1912 seasons. He was head coach of the Oklahoma A&M Aggies for the 1919 and 1920 football seasons. During this period, the team won three of their 16 games.^[1] By 1929 Pixlee was director of athletics at Missouri's Westminster College.^[2]

In 1929, Pixlee took over the head coaching position of the George Washington Colonials, starting with an 0–8 season. He went on to win more football games than any other coach in George Washington's history, leading the Colonials to records crowds and coaching Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans, whom David Holt described as "perhaps GW's greatest athlete ever".^[3] Pixlee left that position in 1937.

Pixlee was married to Blossom Pixlee. He died on February 17, 1967, at his home in Cameron, Missouri.^[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Missouri Wesleyan Owls (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1914–1916)
1914	Missouri Wesleyan	6–2
1915	Missouri Wesleyan		2–1–1	4th
1916	Missouri Wesleyan		2–3	5th
Missouri Wesleyan:
Oklahoma A&M Aggies (Southwest Conference) (1919–1920)
1919	Oklahoma A&M	3–3–2	0–2	8th
1920	Oklahoma A&M	0–7–1	0–4	T–7th
Oklahoma A&M:		3–10–3	0–6
Westminster Blue Jays (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1922–1923)
1922	Westminster	0–5–2
1923	Westminster	3–5
Westminster Blue Jays (Missouri College Athletic Union) (1924–1928)
1924	Westminster	9–0	7–0	1st
1925	Westminster	5–2	5–2	4th
1926	Westminster	7–1	7–0	1st
1927	Westminster	2–4–1	2–1	4th
1928	Westminster	6–2–1	3–1–1	3rd
Westminster:		32–19–4
George Washington Colonials (Independent) (1929–1937)
1929	George Washington	0–8
1930	George Washington	4–4–1
1931	George Washington	5–2–1
1932	George Washington	6–2–1
1933	George Washington	5–3–1
1934	George Washington	6–3–1
1935	George Washington	6–3
1936	George Washington	7–1–1
1937	George Washington	3–4–1
George Washington:		42–30–7
Total:
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. "James e Pixlee Coaching Record - databaseFootball.com/College". Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
2. ""Possum" Pixlee's Plan". The Harvard Crimson. Cambridge, Massachusetts. January 10, 1929. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
3. "When we played football: The GW boys of fall, 1890-1966 - Sports". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
4. "Long Career As Coach". The Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri. February 19, 1967. p. 26A. Retrieved August 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

• Jim Pixlee at Find a Grave