Frank McCoy (American football) explained

Frank McCoy
Birth Date:26 February 1881
Birth Place:Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:White Plains, New York, U.S.
Alma Mater:Yale Law School (1904)
Player Years1:1900
Player Team1:Amherst
Player Years2:1904
Player Team2:Yale
Coach Years1:1905–1908
Coach Team1:Maine
Overall Record:12–15–5
Championships:1 MIAA (1905)

Francis James McCoy (February 26, 1881 – February 9, 1954) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine from 1905 through 1908, compiling a record of 12–15–5.

McCoy was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts in 1881 to Owen and Annie (née Donahue) McCoy. He attended high school in Amherst, Massachusetts and also spent 1900 to 1901 at Amherst College, before attending Yale Law School, graduating in the class of 1904.[1] [2] He practiced law in Manhattan from 1905 until at least 1951.[3] McCoy died on February 9, 1954, at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Denis Larionov & Alexander Zhulin . Read the ebook Bowdoin Orient (Volume v.34, no.1-30 (1904-1905)) by Bowdoin Orient . Ebooksread.com . February 25, 1905 . July 31, 2012.
  2. Book: Biographical record of the graduates and non-graduates, centennial edition, 1821-1921 . Fletcher . Robert S. . Young . Malcolm O. . Newlin . William J. . 1939 . . The Trustees of Amherst College . 447 . January 1, 2015 . .
  3. Book: Amherst College biographical record, 1951: biographical record of the graduates and non-graduates of the classes of 1878-1950 inclusive. Amherst College. 1951. Trustees of Amherst College . January 1, 2015.
  4. News: . Obituary . . . February 10, 1954 . 47 . August 6, 2019 . .