Frank Butterworth
| File:Frank Butterworth.jpg | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 21, 1870 Warren County, Ohio |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Hamden, Connecticut |
| Playing career | |
| 1892–1894 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Fullback, halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1895–1896 | California |
| 1897–1898 | Yale |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 27–5–5 |
| Statistics | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 National (1897) | |
| Awards | |
| All-American, 1893 All-American, 1894 |
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Frank Seiler Butterworth, Sr. (September 21, 1870 – August 21, 1950)[1] was an American football player and coach. Butterworth attended Yale University where he was a fullback on Yale's football teams and a member of the Skull and Bones Society.[1] He was famously enucleated by Bert Waters during "The Bloodbath in Hampden Park". He was selected as an All-American in 1893 and 1894. Butterworth was also a track star and boxer at Yale.[2] After his college career was over, Butterworth coached football at the University of California, Berkeley (1895–1896) and Yale (1897–1898).[3] The 1897 Yale football team coached by Butterworth went undefeated with two ties, to Army and Harvard.[2]
Butterworth worked for the bankers Bertron & Storrs, was a senior partner with real estate brokers F. S. Butterworth & Company, and was president of the New Haven Hotel Company. Her served as a Connecticut State Senator from 1907 to 1909 and was a Second Lieutenant in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I.[1] Butterworth died in his sleep at age 79 in Connecticut.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| California Golden Bears (Independent) (1895–1896) | |||||||||
| 1895 | California | 3–1–1 | |||||||
| 1896 | California | 6–2–2 | |||||||
| California: | 9–3–3 | ||||||||
| Yale Bulldogs (Independent) (1897–1898) | |||||||||
| 1897 | Yale | 9–0–2 | |||||||
| 1898 | Yale | 9–2 | |||||||
| Yale: | 18–2–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 27–5–5 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
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