Fred G. Dale
American football player/coach and professor
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| Intro | American football player/coach and professor | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | American football player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 3 January 1896 | |
| Death | 21 March 1967 (aged 71 years) | |
| Star sign | Capricorn | |
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Biography
Frederick G. Dale (January 3, 1896 – Marcy 21, 1967) was an American football player and coach and a geography professor.
Playing career
After spending two years at Wayne State College, he continued his college football career at the University of Nebraska. A bruising fullback, he was noted to have beat Rutgers so soundly in a 1920 game at he Polo Grounds, a sports reporter commented, "Not five Rutgers men could stop him."
Coaching career
He served as the head football coach at Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska from 1921 to 1927.. He also served as the school's head men's basketball coach from 1921 to 1927 and 1944 to 1945.
Academic career
Dale was a geography professor at Wayne State. The school's on-campus planetarium is named in his honor.
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Wayne State Wildcats (Nebraska College Conference) | |||||||||
| 1921 | Wayne State | 6–2 | |||||||
| 1922 | Wayne State | 0–5 | |||||||
| 1923 | Wayne State | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1924 | Wayne State | 2–6–2 | |||||||
| 1925 | Wayne State | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1926 | Wayne State | 3–4 | |||||||
| 1921 | Wayne State | 1–6–1 | |||||||
| Wayne State: | 19–32–3 | ||||||||
| Total: | 19–32–3 | ||||||||