Frank Kyle | |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1882 |
Birth Place: | Clay County, Tennessee, U.S. |
Death Place: | Clay County, Tennessee, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1902–1905 |
Player Team1: | Vanderbilt |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1908 |
Coach Team1: | Ole Miss |
Overall Record: | 3–5 |
Awards: | All-Southern (1905) All-time Vandy 2nd team (1912) |
Frank "Stitch" Kyle (May 23, 1882 – October 22, 1929) was an American football player and coach.
He attended preparatory school at Mooney School in Franklin, Tennessee along with Red Smith and Ed Hamilton.[1]
Kyle played for the Vanderbilt Commodores of Vanderbilt University from 1902 to 1905. He was the first quarterback to play for Dan McGugin's Commodores, selected for All-Southern teams in 1903 and 1904. He stood 5 feet 11 inches and weighed 162 pounds.[2]
Kyle served as the head football coach at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 1908. During his one-season tenure at Mississippi, Kyle compiled an overall record of three wins and five losses (3–5).[3]
Kyle later lived in Celina, Tennessee and died in 1929.