| Jack Landrum | |
| Birth Date: | 9 June 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Centerburg, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Hessel, Michigan, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Capital University (1934) |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1927 |
| Player Team2: | Ohio State |
| Player Years3: | 1931–1933 |
| Player Team3: | Capital |
| Player Sport4: | Track and field |
| Player Years5: | 1931–1933 |
| Player Team5: | Capital |
| Player Positions: | Center |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1934–1937 |
| Coach Team2: | Circleville HS (OH) |
| Coach Years3: | 1938–1950 |
| Coach Team3: | Columbus East HS (OH) (line) |
| Coach Years4: | 1951–1960 |
| Coach Team4: | Capital |
| Coach Years5: | 1961–1968 |
| Coach Team5: | Capital (interior line) |
| Coach Sport6: | Track and field |
| Coach Years7: | 1938–1950 |
| Coach Team7: | Columbus East HS (OH) |
| Coach Years8: | 1951–1970 |
| Coach Team8: | Capital |
| Admin Years1: | 1935–1937 |
| Admin Team1: | Circleville HS (OH) |
| Overall Record: | 43–32–3 (college football) |
| Awards: | 2× Second-Team All-OAC (1932–1933) Capital Hall of Fame (1978) |
John F. Landrum (June 9, 1908 – September 16, 1989) was an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Capital University from 1951 to 1960.
Landrum attended Junction City High School before playing a prep year for Culver Military Academy.[1] He played college football for one year in 1927 for Ohio State.[2] After a three-year hiatus he enrolled at Capital and was a member of the football and track and field team. As a center for the football team he earned back-to-back Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) honors in 1932 and 1933.[3]
After Landrum's graduation he was hired as the head football coach for Circleville High School.[4] [5] [6] After four years as head coach he was hired as the line coach for Columbus East High School.[7] [8] In 1951, he was hired as the head football coach for Capital.[9] [10] [11] In ten seasons as head coach he led the team to a 43–32–3 record and only had two losing seasons throughout his tenure.[12] He resigned following the 1960 season.[13] He remained on the staff as the interior line coach under his successor Gene Slaughter. He was relieved from that position after the 1968 season.[14]
While with Columbus East and Capital, Landrum served as the head track and field coach.[15] He served as the coach for Capital until 1970.[16]
Landrum was the athletic director for Circleville from 1935 to 1937.
For four decades Landrum served as an official for both high school football and basketball throughout Ohio.[17] [18] In 1967, he retired from officiating.
Landrum was inducted into the Capital Hall of Fame in 1978.[19]
Landrum died on September 16, 1989, in Hessel, Michigan.