Frank Butterworth
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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.
[edit] Head coaching record
| Year |
Team |
Overall |
Conference |
Standing |
Bowl/playoffs |
| California Golden Bears (Independent) (1895–1896) |
| 1895 |
California |
3–1–1 |
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| 1896 |
California |
6–2–2 |
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| California: |
9–3–3 |
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| Yale Bulldogs (Independent) (1897–1898) |
| 1897 |
Yale |
9–0–2 |
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| 1898 |
Yale |
9–2 |
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| Yale: |
18–2–2 |
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| Total: |
27–5–5 |
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| National championship Conference title Conference division title |
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Butterworth, Frank |
| Alternative names |
Butterworth, Frank Seiler; Butterworth, Frank S. |
| Short description |
American football player and coach |
| Date of birth |
September 21, 1870 |
| Place of birth |
Warren County, Ohio |
| Date of death |
August 22, 1950 |
| Place of death |
Connecticut |
