Frank Castleman | |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1877 |
Birth Place: | Tracy Creek, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1902–1905 |
Player Team2: | Colgate |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1906–1907 |
Coach Team2: | Colorado |
Coach Sport3: | Basketball |
Coach Years4: | 1906–1912 |
Coach Team4: | Colorado |
Coach Sport5: | Baseball |
Coach Years6: | 1907–1913 |
Coach Team6: | Colorado |
Coach Sport7: | Track |
Coach Years8: | 1913–1931 |
Coach Team8: | Ohio State |
Overall Record: | 7–6–4 (football) 32–22 (basketball) 30–17 (baseball) |
Frank Riley Castleman (March 17, 1877 – October 9, 1946) was an American football and baseball player, track athlete, and coach in multiple sports. He competed for the United States in the 200 metre hurdles at the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, Missouri, where he won the silver medal.[1] Castleman was a member of the Greater New York Irish American Athletic Association, which became the Irish American Athletic Club. He competed mainly in the 200 metre hurdles. Castleman graduated from Colgate University in 1906.[2]
Castleman served as the head football coach at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1906 and 1907, compiling a record of 7–6–4. He was also the head basketball coach at Colorado in from 1906 to 1912, tallying a mark of 32–22, and the head baseball coach at the school from 1907 to 1913, amassing a record of 30–17. He was later the track coach at Ohio State University, where his team won the 1929 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships.
Castleman died at his home in Columbus, Ohio, on October 9, 1946, at the age of 69.[3]