Garland Frazier Explained

Garland Frazier
Birth Date:5 April 1917
Birth Place:Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Alma Mater:Ball State (1941)
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1938–1940
Player Team2:Ball State
Player Years3:1944
Player Team3:Norman NAS
Player Sport4:Track
Player Years5:c. 1940
Player Team5:Ball State
Player Positions:Fullback, tackle (football)
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1946–1948
Coach Team2:Bicknell HS (IN)
Coach Years3:1949–1950
Coach Team3:Hanover
Coach Years4:1951–1960
Coach Team4:Wabash
Coach Sport5:Basketball
Coach Years7:1946–1949
Coach Team7:Bicknell HS (IN)
Coach Years8:1949–1950
Coach Team8:Hanover
Coach Sport9:Basketball
Coach Years10:1946–1949
Coach Team10:Bicknell HS (IN)
Coach Years11:c. 1950
Coach Team11:Hanover
Overall Record:59–40–7 (college football)
15–11 (college basketball)
Championships:Football
1 Hoosier (1949)

Garland D. Frazier (April 5, 1917 – January 11, 1991) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana from 1949 to 1950 and Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana from 1951 to 1960, compiling a career college football coaching record of 59–40–7. Frazier was also the head basketball coach at Hanover for one season, in 1949–1950, tallying a mark of 15–11.

Playing career and military service

Frazier attended Bicknell High School in Bicknell, Indiana, where he played football and basketball, before graduating in 1935. He moved on to Indiana University, lettering for the freshman football team in 1935. Frazier transferred to Ball State Teachers College—now known as Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana, where played for three seasons as a fullback and lettered in track.

After graduating from Ball State in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science in physical education in 1940, he briefly taught and coached basketball in Guilford, Indiana before joining the United States Navy. During World War II, he was stationed at Naval Air Station Norman in Norman, Oklahoma. There he played for the Norman Naval Air Station Zoomers football as a tackle and was a teammate of Emil Sitko, who later started at the University of Notre Dame and in the National Football League (NFL).[1]

Coaching career

After earning a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma, Frazier returned to Bicknell High School in 1946, where he coached football, basketball, and track for three seasons.[2] [3]

Frazier was the 24th head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, serving for ten seasons, from 1951 to 1960, and compiling a record of 48–35–6.[4] [5]

Head coaching record

College football

Notes and References

  1. News: . Frazier-Bicknell Coach . The Bedford Daily-Times Mail . . November 30, 1936 . 12 . November 13, 2019 . .
  2. News: . Garland Frazier Resigns Bickbell Athletic Post . The Herland . . February 19, 1949 . 6 . November 13, 2019 . .
  3. News: . Garland Frazier Takes Hanover Grid, Cage, Job . The Terre Haute Star . . . April 1, 1949 . 32 . November 13, 2019 . .
  4. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/ncac/wabash/coaching_records.php Wabash College coaching records
  5. Web site: . Frazier, Garland D. . Indiana football Hall of Fame . November 13, 2019 .