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American football player and coach (1895–1971)

Sid Nichols
Biographical details
Born	(1895-04-15)April 15, 1895 Creston, Iowa, U.S.
Died	March 23, 1971(1971-03-23) (aged 75) Paso Robles, California, U.S.
Playing career
1916–1917	Illinois
1920–1921	Rock Island Independents

Position(s)	Blocking back, quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1924–1925	Occidental

Head coaching record
Overall	10–7
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SCC (1925)

Sidney Warren Nichols (April 15, 1895 – March 23, 1971) was an American football player and coach. He was a starting quarterback at the University of Illinois in 1917.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Occidental Tigers (Southern California Conference) (1924–1925)
1924	Occidental	4–4	4–1	2nd
1925	Occidental	6–3	4–1	1st
Occidental:		10–7	8–2
Total:		10–7
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

"Sidney Nichols". Pro-Football-Reference. Archived from the original on July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
Illinois Magazine. University of Illinois. 1917. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2018.

v t e Illinois Fighting Illini starting quarterbacks
S. Williams (1890) Fred Muhl (1903) Clark (1914–15) Macomber (1916) Sid Nichols (1917) Fletcher (1918–20) Sternaman (1921) Beynon (1932–34) Moss (1946–47) O'Connell (1951–52) Taliaferro (1962–63) Wells (1970–72) Kopatz (1975) Steger (1975–77) McCray (1977) Weiss (1978–79) McCullough (1978–79) McAvoy (1979) D. Wilson (1980) Eason (1981–82) Trudeau (1983–85) Lamb (1986) Menkhausen (1986–87) Mohr (1987) Freund (1987) George (1988–89) Verduzco (1990–92) Kinney (1992) J. Johnson (1993–95) S. Weaver (1993–96) Hoekstra (1996–98) Lavery (1997) K. Johnson (1997–98) Kittner (1998–2001) Ward (2000, 02–03) Beutjer (2002–04) Pazan (2003–04) Bower (2004) Brasic (2005–06) J. Williams (2006–2009) Charest (2009) McGee (2009) Scheelhaase (2010–2013) O'Toole (2012, 2014) Lunt (2014–2016) Crouch (2016–2017) George Jr. (2016–2017) Thomas (2017) Bush (2018) Rivers (2018) Peters (2019–2021) Robinson (2019–2020) Taylor (2020) I. Williams (2020) Sitkowski (2021) DeVito (2022) Altmyer (2023–2024) Paddock (2023)

v t e Occidental Tigers head football coaches
No coach (1895–1898) No team (1899) Frank S. Hilton (1900–1902) Clarence Hempel (1903–1904) Edward S. Merrill (1905–1906) John Lawrence Goheen (1907) Frank Gorton (1908–1910) Joseph Pipal (1911–1915) Fox Stanton (1916) Walter Rheinschild (1917) Fox Stanton (1918–1920) Joseph Pipal (1921–1923) Sid Nichols (1924–1925) Albert Exendine (1926–1927) Eddie Kienholz (1928–1931) Bill Anderson (1932–1939) Gus Henderson (1940–1942) No team (1943–1944) Roy Dennis (1945–1956) Charles Cooker (1957–1959) Vic Schwenk (1960–1963) Jim E. Mora (1964–1966) Doug Gerhart (1967–1969) Bob H. Black (1970–1972) Hal Lefler (1973–1975) Bill McQueary (1976–1978) Bruce Allen (1979) Jerry Howell (1980–1981) Dale Widolff (1982–2011) Bill Redell (2012) Doug Semones (2013–2016) Rob Cushman (2017–2019)

No coach (1895–1898)
No team (1899)
Frank S. Hilton (1900–1902)
Clarence Hempel (1903–1904)
Edward S. Merrill (1905–1906)
John Lawrence Goheen (1907)
Frank Gorton (1908–1910)
Joseph Pipal (1911–1915)
Fox Stanton (1916)
Walter Rheinschild (1917)
Fox Stanton (1918–1920)
Joseph Pipal (1921–1923)
Sid Nichols (1924–1925)
Albert Exendine (1926–1927)
Eddie Kienholz (1928–1931)
Bill Anderson (1932–1939)
Gus Henderson (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Roy Dennis (1945–1956)
Charles Cooker (1957–1959)
Vic Schwenk (1960–1963)
Jim E. Mora (1964–1966)
Doug Gerhart (1967–1969)
Bob H. Black (1970–1972)
Hal Lefler (1973–1975)
Bill McQueary (1976–1978)
Bruce Allen (1979)
Jerry Howell (1980–1981)
Dale Widolff (1982–2011)
Bill Redell (2012)
Doug Semones (2013–2016)
Rob Cushman (2017–2019)

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