John Edmund Fries

John Edmund Fries
	Carroll (WI)
Position(s)	Carroll (WI)
Head coaching record
Overall	11–14–5

John Edmund Fries (June 19, 1885 – January 21, 1955) was an American football player and coach.

Early life and playing career

Fries was born

Saint Louis.^[3]

Fries also played on the basketball team at Carroll^[4] and his brother Arthur (who students affectionately called "Nuts") played left tackle for the football team.^[5]

Coaching career

Fries was named the 11th head football coach

Fielding Yost,^[12] where Carroll only produced one first down the entire game.^[13]

While coaching, he also was the physical director and a professor of mathematics at Carroll.^[14] Fries died at a hospital in Burlington, Wisconsin in 1955. He was buried at Norway Cemetery in Norway, Wisconsin, his birthplace.^[15]

In 1986, the school honored his contribution to sports at the school by inducting him into their "Athletic Hall of Fame" for exemplary performance in competition and their contributions to athletics at Carroll.^[16]

References

^ "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved 6 July 2023.
^ Hinakaga Yearbook Collection ^{[permanent dead link]} "Carroll Digital Collections"
^ The Anatomy of a Game: Football, the Rules, and the Men Who Made the Game by David M. Nelson 1994
^ Carroll College ^{[permanent dead link]} 1911 Yearbook
^ Carroll College ^{[permanent dead link]} 1911 Yearbook Arthur "Nuts" Fries
^ The Milwaukee Sentinel "Open Season Saturday" September 23, 1915
^ The Waukesha Freeman "Last Days at Carroll" June 11, 1914
^ Appleton Post-Crescent "Carroll is Next Lawrence Victim" November 9, 1920
^ Carroll College/University Athletics Archived May 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Football Records
^ Carroll University Archived August 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Football Season by Season Results
^ Christian Science Monitor "MICHIGAN DEFEATS CARROLL" October 12, 1916
^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived June 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine University of Michigan historical football results
^ Hartford Courant "Football Games" October 12, 1916
^ Carroll College Yearbook ^{[permanent dead link]} 1914
^ "Former Carroll Coach is Dead", Waukesha Daily Freeman, Thursday, January 27, 1955, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States Of America
^ The Pioneer Carroll College Archived 2007-07-10 at the Wayback Machine "Hall of Fame" Spring 2004

External links

John Edmund Fries at Find a Grave

[1] "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved 6 July 2023.

[2] Hinakaga Yearbook Collection ^{[permanent dead link]} "Carroll Digital Collections"

[3] The Anatomy of a Game: Football, the Rules, and the Men Who Made the Game by David M. Nelson 1994

[4] Carroll College ^{[permanent dead link]} 1911 Yearbook

[5] Carroll College ^{[permanent dead link]} 1911 Yearbook Arthur "Nuts" Fries

[6] The Milwaukee Sentinel "Open Season Saturday" September 23, 1915

[7] The Waukesha Freeman "Last Days at Carroll" June 11, 1914

[8] Appleton Post-Crescent "Carroll is Next Lawrence Victim" November 9, 1920

[9] Carroll College/University Athletics Archived May 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine Football Records

[10] Carroll University Archived August 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Football Season by Season Results

[11] Christian Science Monitor "MICHIGAN DEFEATS CARROLL" October 12, 1916

[12] College Football Data Warehouse Archived June 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine University of Michigan historical football results

[13] Hartford Courant "Football Games" October 12, 1916

[14] Carroll College Yearbook ^{[permanent dead link]} 1914

[15] "Former Carroll Coach is Dead", Waukesha Daily Freeman, Thursday, January 27, 1955, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States Of America

[16] The Pioneer Carroll College Archived 2007-07-10 at the Wayback Machine "Hall of Fame" Spring 2004

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