Frank Coughlin

Francis Edward Coughlin (February 28, 1896 – September 8, 1951) was an American football player and coach in the American Professional Football Association (renamed the National Football League in 1922). In 1921, he played for the Green Bay Packers, the Detroit Tigers, and the Rock Island Independents, the last of which he also served as a player-coach.

Coughlin played at the collegiate level at the University of Notre Dame. He was named captain of the 1920 football squad after, the team's current captain, George Gipp withdrew from the University.

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 * Coughlin to Lead Notre Dame