Frank Castleman Explained

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]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frank Castleman . Olympedia . January 10, 2021.
  2. News: Current Sport Comment . . July 23, 1906 . November 22, 2010.
  3. News: Dr. Frank R. Castleman; Ohio State Track Director, 69, Olympic Hurdler in 1904 . . October 10, 1946 . November 22, 2010.