James Spencer Lentz

1927 - 2009  (82 years)

• Name	James Spencer Lentz
  Born	5 Apr 1927	Drexel Hill, Delaware, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Jul 2009	Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine
  	James Spencer Lentz, long-time football coach and the first director of the Outing Club at Bowdoin College, died on July 22, 2009, at Midcoast Hospital in Brunswick. He was born on April 5, 1927, in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, the son of John S. Lentz, Jr. and Dorothy B. Lentz. An outstanding athlete, he graduated from Upper Darby High School and the Perkiomen School. He served in the U.S. Army Special Service division in 1945 and 1946 and was stationed for a time in Austria. He played football and was a boxer during his military career. Jim enrolled at Gettysburg College following his military service and graduated in 1951 as an economics major, a member of the wrestling team, and as captain of the football team. He received a master of arts degree in health and physical education from Columbia University in 1957. Jim began his coaching career at Gettysburg College in 1952 as the coach of the freshman football team and the swimming team. In 1956 he became the line coach of the football team. In 1957 he went to Harvard University with head football coach John Yovicsin as an assistant coach and freshman lacrosse coach. He was the defensive coach of the football team from 1962-68, and he earned high praise from his players and his coaching colleagues for his leadership on and off the field. Jim came to Bowdoin as head coach of football and lacrosse in 1968. He was head coach of the lacrosse team for a single season but continued as JV coach for many years. I n his 16 years as head coach of football his teams won ten Colby-Bates-Bowdoin championships. Jim was named Coordinator of Physical Education and the Outing Club Emeritus and an honorary member of the Bowdoin Alumni Association following his retirement in 1992. Jim is survived by his wife, Martha (Lindholm) Lentz, whom he married in 1969; a son, John B. Lentz and his partner Samantha Cook of Topsham, Maine____________, ____; a daughter, Sara Perry and her husband Roger Perry ____________ of _Georgetown, Maine
  Person ID	I8491	Grow
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2012

  
  

  Father	John Steele Lentz, Jr.,   b. 15 Jan 1894, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado ,   d. 25 Apr 1958, Drexel Hill, Delaware, Pennsylvania  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Dorothy B,   b. 25 May 1896, New York ,   d. 17 Oct 1974, Upper Darby Twp, Delaware, Pennsylvania  (Age 78 years)
  Married	Abt 1917	Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F2809	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 5 Apr 1927 - Drexel Hill, Delaware, Pennsylvania Died - 22 Jul 2009 - Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine  = Link to Google Earth