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+ | '''Frank Robert Burns''' (March 16, 1928 – July 14, 2012) was an [[American football]] player and coach. He served as the head coach at [[Johns Hopkins University]] from 1951 to 1952 and at [[Rutgers-New Brunswick|Rutgers University]] from 1973 to 1983, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 84–52–2. In 1978, Burns led the [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football|Rutgers Scarlet Knights]] to their first [[bowl game]], the now-defunct [[Garden State Bowl]]. |
==Playing career== |
==Playing career== |
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| + | Raised in [[Roselle Park, New Jersey]],<ref>[https://scarletknights.com/news/2012/7/25/Frank_Burns_Memorial_Service_Set_for_September_9.aspx "Frank Burns Memorial Service Set For September 9"], [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights]], July 25, 2012. Accessed August 12, 2019. "Frank was born March 16, 1928 and was raised in Roselle Park, NJ."</ref> Burns played baseball, basketball and football at [[Roselle Park High School]], serving as captain of the football and basketball teams, and winning state championships in both of those sports.<ref>Amdur, Neil. [https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/02/archives/new-jersey-weekly-sports-frank-burns-man-in-motion.html "Sports; Frank Burns: Man in Motion"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 2, 1978. Accessed August 12, 2019. "Like most aggressive, hard‐working individualists, Frank Burns, a former all‐stater at Roselle Park High School and a star quarterback when he played for Rutgers, never considered himself a likely candidate for a heart attack."</ref><ref>[https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/scarletknights.com/documents/2017/10/6/1980fb_mediaguide.pdf#page=4 "Frank Burns - A Singular Career"], p. 3, in ''Rutgers Football 1980 Media Guide'', [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football]]. Accessed August 12, 2019. "The young QB brought in some weighty credentials from Roselle Park, where he was a three-sport standout for four years. He had captained his football and basketball squad, had earned All-State honors in football and baseball for two seasons and in basketball once. His grid team had taken the Group II state title in 1943 and 1944 and the court squad was the state champ in 1945."</ref> |
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| ⚫ | Burns played football as a [[quarterback]] at [[Rutgers University]] for four years, from 1945 to 1948. There he ran the [[T formation]] under head coach [[Harvey Harman]], completing 117 of 270 passes for 2,389 yards and 35 touchdowns.<ref>{{cite news |title=Burns, 23, to Coach At Johns Hopkins | |
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| ⚫ | Burns played football as a [[quarterback]] at [[Rutgers University]] for four years, from 1945 to 1948. There he ran the [[T formation]] under head coach [[Harvey Harman]], completing 117 of 270 passes for 2,389 yards and 35 touchdowns with a 27–7 career record.<ref>{{cite news |title=Burns, 23, to Coach At Johns Hopkins |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |agency=[[United Press International|United Press]] |date=August 12, 1951 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/08/12/90744227.pdf |accessdate=September 29, 2010}}</ref> He was also a member of [[Delta Upsilon]] fraternity. |
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| + | Burns coached football at [[Johns Hopkins University]] from 1951 to 1952 and at [[Rutgers University]] from 1973 to 1983. Burns has the most wins of any head coach in [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights football]] history with a record of 78–43–1 including an undefeated 11–0 campaign in 1976. He led the Rutgers to a 13–7 upset victory over [[1979 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|title=Legendary Rutgers Football Head Coach Frank Burns Passes Away|url=http://www.scarletknights.com/football/news/release.asp?prID=11923#.VB2WzFdW3y0|website=ScarletKnights.com|accessdate=September 20, 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042055/http://www.scarletknights.com/football/news/release.asp?prID=11923#.VB2WzFdW3y0|archivedate=September 24, 2014|df=}}</ref> |
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| + | During Burns's tenure as head coach, Rutgers began playing outside of its traditional schedule of Eastern teams such as [[Ivy League]] opponents, [[Colgate Raiders football|Colgate]], and [[Lehigh Mountain Hawks football|Lehigh]]. Burns was dismissed from Rutgers in 1983 after three consecutive losing seasons.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Burns Dismissed As Rutgers Coach |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/21/sports/burns-dismissed-as-rutgers-coach.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location= |date=November 21, 1983 |accessdate=September 20, 2014 }}</ref> |
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==Later life and death== |
==Later life and death== |
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===College=== |
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| name = [[Johns Hopkins Blue Jays football|Johns Hopkins Blue Jays]] |
| name = [[Johns Hopkins Blue Jays football|Johns Hopkins Blue Jays]] |
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| overall = 4–4 |
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| − | | year = [[1973 |
+ | | year = [[1973 NCAA Division I football season|1973]] |
| − | | name = Rutgers |
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| overall = 6–5 |
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| overall = 7–3–1 |
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| overall = 9–2 |
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| overall = 11–0 |
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| overall = 8–3 |
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| overall = 9–3 |
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| overall = 8–3 |
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| overall = 7–4 |
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| overall = 5–6 |
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| overall = 5–6 |
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| overall = 3–8 |
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| overall = 84–52–2 |
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| − | | NAME = Burns, Frank R. |
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| − | | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player and coach |
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| − | | DATE OF BIRTH = March 16, 1928 |
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| − | | DATE OF DEATH = July 14, 2012 |
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| − | | PLACE OF DEATH = Holland, Pennsylvania |
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Latest revision as of 22:56, 4 September 2019
For other people named Frank Burns, see Frank Burns (disambiguation).
| Frank R. Burns | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 16, 1928 |
| Died | July 14, 2012 (aged 84) Holland, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 84–52–2 (college) |
| Bowls | 0–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1976) | |
Frank Robert Burns (March 16, 1928 – July 14, 2012) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Johns Hopkins University from 1951 to 1952 and at Rutgers University from 1973 to 1983, compiling a career college football record of 84–52–2. In 1978, Burns led the Rutgers Scarlet Knights to their first bowl game, the now-defunct Garden State Bowl.
Playing career
Raised in Roselle Park, New Jersey,[1] Burns played baseball, basketball and football at Roselle Park High School, serving as captain of the football and basketball teams, and winning state championships in both of those sports.[2][3]
Burns played football as a quarterback at Rutgers University for four years, from 1945 to 1948. There he ran the T formation under head coach Harvey Harman, completing 117 of 270 passes for 2,389 yards and 35 touchdowns with a 27–7 career record.[4] He was also a member of Delta Upsilon fraternity.
Coaching career
Burns coached football at Johns Hopkins University from 1951 to 1952 and at Rutgers University from 1973 to 1983. Burns has the most wins of any head coach in Rutgers Scarlet Knights football history with a record of 78–43–1 including an undefeated 11–0 campaign in 1976. He led the Rutgers to a 13–7 upset victory over Tennessee in 1979.[5]
During Burns's tenure as head coach, Rutgers began playing outside of its traditional schedule of Eastern teams such as Ivy League opponents, Colgate, and Lehigh. Burns was dismissed from Rutgers in 1983 after three consecutive losing seasons.[6]
Later life and death
Burns retired to the Twining Village Continual Care Retirement Village in Holland, Pennsylvania. He died there on July 14, 2012.[7]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Johns Hopkins Blue Jays (Mason–Dixon Conference) (1951–1952) | |||||||||
| 1951 | Johns Hopkins | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1952 | Johns Hopkins | 4–4 | |||||||
| Johns Hopkins: | 6–9–1 | ||||||||
| Rutgers Scarlet Knights (NCAA Division I/I-A Independent) (1973–1983) | |||||||||
| 1973 | Rutgers | 6–5 | |||||||
| 1974 | Rutgers | 7–3–1 | |||||||
| 1975 | Rutgers | 9–2 | |||||||
| 1976 | Rutgers | 11–0 | 17 | 17 | |||||
| 1977 | Rutgers | 8–3 | |||||||
| 1978 | Rutgers | 9–3 | L Garden State | ||||||
| 1979 | Rutgers | 8–3 | |||||||
| 1980 | Rutgers | 7–4 | |||||||
| 1981 | Rutgers | 5–6 | |||||||
| 1982 | Rutgers | 5–6 | |||||||
| 1983 | Rutgers | 3–8 | |||||||
| Rutgers: | 78–43–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 84–52–2 | ||||||||
| †Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Frank Burns Memorial Service Set For September 9", Rutgers Scarlet Knights, July 25, 2012. Accessed August 12, 2019. "Frank was born March 16, 1928 and was raised in Roselle Park, NJ."
- ↑ Amdur, Neil. "Sports; Frank Burns: Man in Motion", The New York Times, April 2, 1978. Accessed August 12, 2019. "Like most aggressive, hard‐working individualists, Frank Burns, a former all‐stater at Roselle Park High School and a star quarterback when he played for Rutgers, never considered himself a likely candidate for a heart attack."
- ↑ "Frank Burns - A Singular Career", p. 3, in Rutgers Football 1980 Media Guide, Rutgers Scarlet Knights football. Accessed August 12, 2019. "The young QB brought in some weighty credentials from Roselle Park, where he was a three-sport standout for four years. He had captained his football and basketball squad, had earned All-State honors in football and baseball for two seasons and in basketball once. His grid team had taken the Group II state title in 1943 and 1944 and the court squad was the state champ in 1945."
- ↑ "Burns, 23, to Coach At Johns Hopkins". The New York Times. United Press. August 12, 1951. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/08/12/90744227.pdf. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
- ↑ "Legendary Rutgers Football Head Coach Frank Burns Passes Away". Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042055/http://www.scarletknights.com/football/news/release.asp?prID=11923#.VB2WzFdW3y0. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Burns Dismissed As Rutgers Coach". The New York Times. November 21, 1983. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/21/sports/burns-dismissed-as-rutgers-coach.html. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ↑ Giambusso, David (July 14, 2012). "Frank Burns, former Rutgers football coach, dies at 84". The Star-Ledger (New Jersey On-Line LLC). http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2012/07/frank_burns_former_rutgers_foo.html. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
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