H. Frank Lawrence | |
Birth Date: | 22 December 1897 |
Birth Place: | Gallatin, Missouri, U.S. |
Death Place: | San Diego, California, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Team2: | Missouri Wesleyan |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1920 |
Coach Team2: | McKendree |
Coach Years3: | 1922 |
Coach Team3: | Maryville HS (MO) |
Coach Years4: | 1923–1926 |
Coach Team4: | Northwest Missouri State |
Coach Sport5: | Basketball |
Coach Years6: | 1920–1921 |
Coach Team6: | McKendree |
Coach Years7: | 1922–1923 |
Coach Team7: | Maryville HS (MO) |
Coach Years8: | 1923–1929 |
Coach Team8: | Northwest Missouri State |
Admin Years1: | 1922–1923 |
Admin Team1: | Maryville HS (MO) |
Admin Years2: | 1923–? |
Admin Team2: | Northwest Missouri State |
Overall Record: | 23–9–3 (college football) 68–47 (college basketball) |
Championships: | Football 2 MIAA (1924–1925) |
Henry Franklin Lawrence Jr. (December 22, 1897 – August 7, 1970) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at McKendree College—now known as McKendree University—in Lebanon, Illinois in 1920 and at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College—now known as Northwest Missouri State University—in Maryville, Missouri from 1923 to 1926, compiling career college football coaching record of 23–9–3. Lawrence was also the head basketball coach at McKendree in 1920–21 and at Northwest Missouri State from 1923 to 1929, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 68–47.
Lawrence attended Missouri Wesleyan College in Cameron, Missouri, where he played he played football, basketball, and tennis and was a member of the track. Prior to being appointed athletic director and coach at Northwest Missouri State in 1923, he held the same position at Maryville High School.[1]
Lawrence was the son of U. S. Representative Henry F. Lawrence.[2]