Frank Ballenger Explained

Frank Ballenger
Birth Date:14 February 1903
Birth Place:Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:Sun City Center, Florida, U.S.
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1936–1937
Coach Team2:Adrian
Coach Years3:1939–?
Coach Team3:Ball State (assistant)
Coach Sport4:Basketball
Coach Years5:1936–1938
Coach Team5:Adrian
Coach Years6:1939–?
Coach Team6:Ball State (assistant)
Overall Record:4–14 (football)
7–29 (basketball)
Championships:Football
1 Michigan-Ontario (1936)

Frank Edward Ballenger (February 14, 1903 – June 14, 1984) was an American football, basketball, and track coach. Ballenger was the head football coach at Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan. He held that position for the 1936 and 1937 seasons. His coaching record at Adrian was 4–14.[1] He received his bachelor of arts at Muskingum University.[2] [3] He was born in Cambridge, Ohio in on February 14, 1903.[4] [5] [6]

Ballanger moved to Ball State Teachers College—now known as Ball State University—in 1939 and served there as an assistant football, basketball, and track coach and as an assistant professor of physical education. After serving in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, he returned to Ball State before joining the faculty at Kent State University, where he remained until his retirement. Ballanger died on June 14, 1984, in Sun City Center, Florida.[7]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DeLassus . David . Adrian Coaching Records . . November 15, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101121003213/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/miaa/adrian/coaching_records.php . November 21, 2010 .
  2. Book: Official Foot Ball Guide. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Camp, W.. 1938. American Sports Publishing Company. October 18, 2014.
  3. Book: Ohio State University Bulletin. Ohio State University. 1935. v. 40, no. 4. Ohio State University. October 18, 2014.
  4. Web site: Person Details for Frank Ballenger, "United States Social Security Death Index" — FamilySearch.org. familysearch.org. October 18, 2014.
  5. Web site: Person Details for Frank Ballenger, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997" — FamilySearch.org. familysearch.org. October 18, 2014.
  6. Web site: Person Details for Frank E Ballenger, "Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998" — FamilySearch.org. familysearch.org. October 18, 2014.
  7. News: . Frank Ballenger, Ex-Assistant Coach at Ball State . . . June 22, 1984 . 6 . July 31, 2018 . .