Frank Kyle Explained

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.

Early years

He attended preparatory school at Mooney School in Franklin, Tennessee along with Red Smith and Ed Hamilton.[1]

Vanderbilt University

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]

Coaching career

Ole Miss

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]

Later life

Kyle later lived in Celina, Tennessee and died in 1929.

Notes and References

  1. Book: A Mooney genealogy and miscellany with some allied lines. 75. Mooney. Russell E.. Burke. Marianne Turpin. 1964.
  2. Vanderbilt. Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. 1905. 20. 377.
  3. Web site: DeLassus . David . Frank Kyle Records by Year . . February 19, 2012 . February 15, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100215124431/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1320 . dead .