Researching Ken Shipp
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 935 people with the Shipp surname? In that year Shipp was ranked number 2651 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ken means "Form of KENNETH. handsome" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Ken Shipp on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ken Shipp and the Shipp Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 1686 people with the Shipp surname in the UK? Shipp is now ranked number 2553 for popularity in the UK. |
Shipp Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Shipp surname in the USA? Shipp is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
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Ken Shipp
Kenneth Allen Shipp (February 3, 1929 – March 5, 2012) was an American college and professional football coach. He served as an offensive coordinator and receivers coach in the National Football League (NFL) and briefly as the interim head coach of the New York Jets during the 1975 season. He assumed the job after the firing of Charley Winner, who was 2–7 on the season. The team was 1–4 under Shipp.
Shipp was noted for his sense of humor as an NFL coach. He had stints at Trinity, Florida State, Tulsa, South Carolina and Miami before entering the NFL, where he had positions with St. Louis and New Orleans. Archie Manning, whom Shipp coached in New Orleans, describes him as "a smart man and a good coach." A 1947 graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, he is the namesake of the Ken Shipp Endowed Scholarship at his alma mater as well as the Ken Shipp Scholarship Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
Ken Shipp died in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on March 5, 2012, aged 83.
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