Frank Faulkinberry
Biographical details | |
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Born | Fayetteville, Tennessee, U.S. | November 27, 1887
Died | May 13, 1933 Tennessee, U.S. | (aged 45)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1907–1910 | Sewanee |
Baseball | |
1911 | Cleveland Counts |
1912 | Evansville Yankees |
1913 | Evansville River Rats |
Position(s) | Tackle (football) Catcher (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1926–1932 | Middle Tennessee |
Basketball | |
1926–1933 | Middle Tennessee |
Baseball | |
1927–1932 | Middle Tennessee |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1926–1933 | Middle Tennessee |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 33–26–4 (college football) 45–38 (college basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
AAU Women's Basketball (1929) | |
Awards | |
4× All-Southern (1907, 1908, 1909, 1910) Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame | |
Frank Albert Faulkinberry (November 27, 1887 – May 13, 1933) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He was the father of football coach Russ Faulkinberry.
Early years
Faulkinberry was born on November 27, 1887, in Lincoln County, Tennessee, to Christopher Columbus Faulkinberry and Sarah Ellen Caple.
College athletics
Faulkinberry was a
Professional baseball
For a few years he was a catcher in Minor League Baseball.[7]
Coaching career
Faulkinberry began his coaching career at Morgan School, Butler School, and Brandon Training School before moving to Franklin Country High School in Decherd, Tennessee, where he coached football and baseball. In May 1926, he was hired as the athletic director and head coach at Middle Tennessee State Teachers College—now known as Middle Tennessee State University—in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.[8]
Death
Faulkinberry was found shot to death in the garage of his home on May 13, 1933. It was a suspected suicide.[9][10]
Head coaching record
College football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Middle Tennessee State Teachers (Independent) (1926–1931) | |||||||||
1926 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 4–2–1 | |||||||
1927 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 6–2 | |||||||
1928 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 2–4–1 | |||||||
1929 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 6–3–1 | |||||||
1930 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 5–5–1 | |||||||
1931 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 6–4 | |||||||
Middle Tennessee State Teachers (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1932) | |||||||||
1932 | Middle Tennessee State Teachers | 4–6 | 2–3 | 18th | |||||
Middle Tennessee State Teachers: | 33–26–4 | 2–3 | |||||||
Total: | 33–26–4 |
References
- ^ "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011.
- ^ "Sewanee Here On Saturday". Atlanta Constitution. November 11, 1908.
- ^ a b "Frank Faulkinberry".
- ^ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
- ^ Staff report. "Sewanee names its newest Hall of Fame members". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- ^ "Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame". Sewanee: The University of the South. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- ^ "Frank Faulkinberry Minor Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
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- ^ Society for the Advancement of Education (1933). School & Society. Vol. 37. p. 652.
- ^ "College Athletic Coach Is Suicide". The Miami News. May 14, 1933. p. 19.