Frank A. Yocum | |
Birth Date: | 11 December 1892 |
Birth Place: | LaGrange, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Oberlin (1915) Western Reserve Dental School (1919) |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1912–1914 |
Player Team2: | Oberlin |
Player Years3: | 1916 |
Player Team3: | Cleveland Indians |
Player Sport4: | Track |
Player Years5: | 1913–1915 |
Player Team5: | Oberlin |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1915 |
Coach Team2: | East HS (OH) (asistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1916 |
Coach Team3: | Western Reserve (freshmen)[1] |
Coach Years4: | 1917–1918 |
Coach Team4: | Western Reserve |
Coach Sport6: | Cross Country |
Coach Years7: | 1923 |
Coach Team7: | Western Reserve |
Coach Sport8: | Track |
Coach Years9: | 1924 |
Coach Team9: | Western Reserve |
Coach Sport10: | Baseball |
Coach Years11: | 1924–1928 |
Coach Team11: | Western Reserve |
Overall Record: | 8–7–1 (football) 26–19–0 (baseball) 3–0–0 (cross country) |
Frank Alvin Yocum (December 11, 1892 – June 29, 1970) was an American football player and coach. Yocum attended Oberlin High School graduating in 1910 and Oberlin College graduation 1915.[2] He played professional football as a halfback for the 1916 Cleveland Indians.[3]
Yocum coached the Western Reserve football team for two seasons, from 1917 to 1918, while attending the Western Reserve Dental School.[4]
In 1990, 20 years after his death, Yocum was inducted into the Case Western Reserve Spartans sports Hall of Fame.[5]