Frank Hedden Explained

Frank Hedden
Birth Date:18 August 1904
Birth Place:Worthington, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:Carmel, Indiana, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1929
Player Team2:Butler
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1932–1941
Coach Team2:Butler (freshmen)
Coach Years3:1942–1945
Coach Team3:Butler
Coach Years4:1947–1948
Coach Team4:Anderson (IN)
Coach Years5:1949–1964
Coach Team5:Butler (freshmen)
Coach Sport6:Basketball
Coach Years7:1936–1942
Coach Team7:Butler (assistant)
Coach Years8:1942–1945
Coach Team8:Butler
Coach Years9:1946–1949
Coach Team9:Anderson (IN)
Coach Sport10:Baseball
Coach Years11:1945
Coach Team11:Butler
Coach Years12:1948
Coach Team12:Anderson (IN)
Coach Sport13:Track
Coach Years14:1932–1942
Coach Team14:Butler (freshmen)
Coach Years15:1946–1949
Coach Team15:Anderson (IN)
Admin Years1:1942–1945
Admin Team1:Butler (acting AD)
Admin Years2:1946–1949
Admin Team2:Anderson (IN)
Overall Record:12–7–2 (football)
63–40 (basketball)
6–7 (baseball)
Championships:Football
1 Hoosier (1948)

Frank Bullock "Pop" Hedden (August 18, 1904 – November 11, 1990) was an American football, basketball, baseball, track, and tennis coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1942 to 1945 at Anderson College—now known as Anderson University—in Anderson, Indiana from 1947 to 1948, compiling a career varsity college football coaching record of 12–7–2.

Hedden graduated from high school in Worthington, Indiana, where he played football, basketball, and baseball. He then moved on to Butler, letting in football, before graduating in 1931. He was appointed coach of freshman sports at Butler in 1932. Hedden assisted Tony Hinkle for six years with Butler's varsity basketball team before replacing Hinkle in 1942 as acting athletic director and head coach of the varsity football, basketball, and baseball teams while Hinkle was on leave serving in the military.[1] In May 1946, Hedden was appointed head coach of the football and track teams at Anderson College.[2] He also served as athletic director at Anderson and inaugurated the school's football team in 1947. He returned to Butler in 1949 as freshman football coach and instructor in physical education.[3] Hedden retired from coaching in 1965 and from teaching in 1974.[4]

Hedden also served as director of the Amateur Baseball Association and as safety director for the Indianapolis Department of Parks and Recreation. He died on November 11, 1990.[5]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: . Frank Hedden Becomes Butler's 3d Athletic Director In Four Months—Walt Floyd Is Named Chief Assistant . . . August 20, 1942 . 17 . December 17, 2020 . .
  2. News: . Hedden Signs As Anderson College Coach . . . May 15, 1946 . 20 . December 17, 2020 . .
  3. News: . Hedden Back as Butler's Frosh Coach . . . September 1, 1949 . 17 . December 17, 2020 . .
  4. News: . Butler Groups To Fete Retiring 'Pop' Hedden . . . February 14, 1974 . 36 . December 17, 2020 . .
  5. News: . Frank Hedden, 86, Former Butler University coach . . . . November 16, 1990 . 12 . December 17, 2020 . .