Frank Faulkinberry

Frank Albert Faulkinberry (November 27, 1887 – May 13, 1933) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.

Early years

Frank was born on November 27, 1887 in Lincoln County, Tennessee to Christopher Columbus Faulkinberry and Sarah Ellen Caple.

College athletics

Faulkinberry was a tackle on the Sewanee Tigers, thrice selected All-Southern. His play was once called "a thing to marvel at." He is a tackle on Sewanee's all-time second team. He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. As a player he stood some 6'4", 198 pounds. At Sewanee he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. Faulkinberry is a member of both the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame and the Blue Raiders Hall of Fame, having coached for years the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in both men and women's sports. He was also a Latin professor. Faulkinberry Drive on the Middle Tennessee State campus is named in his honor. Faulkinberry was inducted into the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.

Faulkenberry was once athletic director at the Brandon Training School in Shelbyville.

Professional baseball

For a few years he was a catcher in Minor League Baseball.

Death

Faulkinberry was found shot to death in the garage of his home on May 13, 1933. It was a suspected suicide.