Forest Firestone | |
Birth Date: | 27 July 1876 |
Birth Place: | Akron, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Cambridge, Ohio, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1896–1897 |
Player Team1: | Michigan |
Coach Years1: | 1902 |
Coach Team1: | Buchtel |
Overall Record: | 2–5 |
George Forest Firestone (July 27, 1876 – July 12, 1940) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Buchtel College—now known as the University of Akron—for one season in 1902, compiling a record of 2–5. Firestone was born on July 27, 1876, in Akron, Ohio, and died on July 12, 1940, in Cambridge, Ohio.[1]