Fred Sefton
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Biographical details | |
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Born | [1] Holyoke, Massachusetts | August 7, 1888
Died | March 11, 1976[2] Akron, Ohio | (aged 87)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1913 | Colgate |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1915–1923 | Akron |
Basketball | |
1916–1924 | Akron |
1925–1927 | Akron |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 33–34–4 (football) 103–42 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Basketball 2 OAC (1919–1920) | |
Frederick Stanley Sefton (August 7, 1888 – March 11, 1976) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at the University of Akron for nine seasons, from 1915 to 1923, compiling a record of 33–34–4. Sefton also coached the men's basketball team at Akron for a total of 11 seasons, nine from 1916 to 1924 and two more from 1925 to 1927, tallying a total mark of 103–42. He played college football at Colgate University.
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Akron (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1915–1923) | |||||||||
1915 | Akron | 1–7–1 | 1–6 | T–10th | |||||
1916 | Akron | 2–7 | 2–4 | 9th | |||||
1917 | Akron | 5–3 | 3–1 | 5th | |||||
1918 | Akron | 2–2–1 | 1–2–1 | 10th | |||||
1919 | Akron | 6–1–1 | 5–1–1 | 6th | |||||
1920 | Akron | 4–4 | 2–4 | 12th | |||||
1921 | Akron | 5–3 | 4–3 | T–7th | |||||
1922 | Akron | 5–3 | 5–3 | 8th | |||||
1923 | Akron | 4–3–1 | 2–3–1 | 13th | |||||
Akron: | 33–34–4 | ||||||||
Total: | 33–34–4 |
Basketball
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Akron (Independent) (1915–1918) | |||||||||
1915–16 | Akron | 5–5 | |||||||
1916–17 | Akron | 14–2 | |||||||
1917–18 | Akron | 9–4 | |||||||
Akron (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1918–1924) | |||||||||
1918–19 | Akron | 14–0 | 1st | ||||||
1919–20 | Akron | 12–2 | 1st | ||||||
1920–21 | Akron | 11–2 | |||||||
1921–22 | Akron | 5–8 | |||||||
1922–23 | Akron | 12–1 | |||||||
1923–24 | Akron | 10–3 | 9–3 | T–6th | |||||
Akron (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1925–1927) | |||||||||
1925–26 | Akron | 6–7 | 6–4 | 6th | |||||
1926–27 | Akron | 5–8 | 4–8 | 7th | |||||
Akron: | 103–42 | ||||||||
Total: | 103–42 | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "View Images —". Familysearch.org. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^ https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VKV5-9RN
- 1888 births
- 1976 deaths
- Akron Zips athletic directors
- Akron Zips baseball coaches
- Akron Zips football coaches
- Akron Zips men's basketball coaches
- Colgate Raiders football players
- Sportspeople from Holyoke, Massachusetts
- College football coaches first appointed in the 1910s stubs
- American basketball biography, pre-1910 birth stubs