| Fred Folsom | |
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 9, 1873 Old Town, Maine |
| Died | November 11, 1944 (aged 71) Hines, Illinois |
| Playing career | |
| Football 1892–1894 | Dartmouth |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1895–1899 1901–1902 1903–1906 1908–1915 Baseball 1898–1899 | Colorado Colorado Dartmouth Colorado Colorado |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 106–28–6 (football) 6–6 (baseball) |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships Football 6 Colorado Football Association (1895–1897, 1901–1902, 1908) 4 Rocky Mountain Athletic (1909–1911, 1913) | |
Fred Gorham Folsom (November 9, 1873 – November 11, 1944) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, lawyer, and law professor. He served as the head football coach at the University of Colorado at Boulder (1895–1899, 1901–1902, 1908–1915) and at Dartmouth College from (1903–1906), compiling a career college football record of 106–28–6. Folsom played football at Dartmouth from 1892 to 1894. He was also the head baseball coach at Colorado in 1898 and 1899, tallying a mark of 6–6. Folsom practiced law in Denver and Boulder and taught at the University of Colorado Law School from 1905 to 1943.[1] The football stadium at the University of Colorado, originally named Colorado Stadium, was renamed as Folsom Field in his honor in 1944.
Early life and education[]
Folsom was born to Franklin W. Folsom and Lillian A. Hopkins in Old Town, Maine on November 9, 1873. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1895 and earned an LLB from the University of Colorado in 1899.[2]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Colorado Buffaloes (Colorado Football Association) (1895–1899) | |||||||||
| 1895 | Colorado | 4–1[n 1] | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1896 | Colorado | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1897 | Colorado | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1898 | Colorado | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1899 | Colorado | 7–2 | 2–2 | 2nd | |||||
| Colorado Buffaloes (Colorado Football Association) (1901–1902) | |||||||||
| 1901 | Colorado | 5–1–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1902 | Colorado | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| Dartmouth Big Green (Independent) (1903–1906) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Dartmouth | 9–1 | |||||||
| 1904 | Dartmouth | 7–0–1 | |||||||
| 1905 | Dartmouth | 7–1–2 | |||||||
| 1906 | Dartmouth | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| Dartmouth: | 29–5–4 | ||||||||
| Colorado Buffaloes (Colorado Football Association) (1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Colorado | 5–2 | 3–1 | T–1st | |||||
| Colorado Buffaloes (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1909–1915) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Colorado | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1910 | Colorado | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1911 | Colorado | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1912 | Colorado | 6–3 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1913 | Colorado | 5–1–1 | 3–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1914 | Colorado | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1915 | Colorado | 1–6 | 0–5 | 6th | |||||
| Colorado: | 77–23–2 | 37–13–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 106–28–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
See also[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Sylvest, Allison (August 22, 2006). "Folsom Family Legacy Brings History to Life". Inside CU. University of Colorado at Boulder. http://www.colorado.edu/insidecu/editions/2006/8-22/story2.html. Retrieved December 25, 2010.
- ↑ Emerson, Charles Franklin (1911). General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1910. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press. p. 388. http://www.archive.org/stream/generalcatalogue00dart#page/388/mode/2up. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ↑ "Coaching Records". 2010 Colorado Football Information Guide & Record Book. University of Colorado Buffaloes. p. 129. http://www.cubuffs.com/fls/600/football/2010_Info_Guide/coaching_records_pg129.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=600. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
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