Frank Moseley Explained

Frank Moseley
Birth Date:22 April 1911
Birth Place:Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Death Place:Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1931–1933
Player Team2:Alabama
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1945
Coach Team2:Maryland (assistant)
Coach Years3:1946–1950
Coach Team3:Kentucky (backfield)
Coach Years4:1951–1960
Coach Team4:VPI
Coach Sport5:Baseball
Coach Years6:1939–1941
Coach Team6:Kentucky
Coach Years7:1946
Coach Team7:Kentucky
Coach Years8:1948–1950
Coach Team8:Kentucky
Admin Years1:1951–1978
Admin Team1:VPI / Virginia Tech
Overall Record:54–42–4 (football)
60–55–1 (baseball)

Frank O'Rear Moseley (April 22, 1911 – July 31, 1979) was an American football player and coach, baseball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1951 to 1960, compiling a record of 54–42–4. His best season at Virginia Tech came in 1954, when his team went 8–0–1. Moselely was also the head baseball coach at the University of Kentucky (1939–1941, 1946, 1948–1950), tallying a mark of 60–55–1. In addition, he served as the athletic director at Virginia Tech from 1951 to 1978, during which time he hired Jerry Claiborne, his successor as head football coach. Moseley was born in Montgomery, Alabama and died on July 31, 1979.[1] In 1979, Moseley was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.[2] He was elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame as an inaugural member in 1982.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Frank Moseley dies . . . August 1, 1979 . July 13, 2011.
  2. Web site: Frank O. Moseley . Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.