Frank Bergin | |
Birth Date: | 5 July 1886 |
Birth Place: | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Death Place: | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1907–1909 |
Player Team1: | Princeton |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1910–1912 |
Coach Team1: | Bowdoin |
Coach Years2: | 1913 |
Coach Team2: | Middlebury |
Overall Record: | 12–14–3 |
Championships: | 1 MIAA (1910) |
Frank Bergin | |
State Senate: | Connecticut |
District: | 10th |
Office2: | United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut |
President2: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Predecessor2: | John Buckley |
Successor2: | George H. Cohen |
Term Start2: | 1933 |
Term End2: | 1934 |
Birth Name: | Frank S. Bergin |
Birth Date: | 5 July 1886 |
Birth Place: | New Haven, Connecticut |
Death Place: | New Haven, Connecticut |
Frank S. Bergin (July 5, 1886 – November 11, 1971) was an American college football player, coach, and official. He played football as a quarterback at Princeton University from 1907 to 1909. Bergin was the head football coach at Bowdoin College from 1910 to 1912 and Middlebury College in 1913, compiling a career college football coaching record of 12–14–3. He refereed college football games for several years after World War I. Bergin served in the Connecticut Senate, representing the 10th district in New Haven, and was the chairman of Connecticut Liquor Control Commission. He died on November 11, 1971, at the age of 85.[1]
Bergin was born on July 5, 1886, in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1906, Princeton in 1910, and Columbia Law School in 1913.[2]