Oliver Cutts | |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1873 |
Birth Place: | North Anson, Maine, U.S. |
Death Place: | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1895 |
Player Team1: | Bates |
Player Years2: | 1899–1901 |
Player Team2: | Harvard |
Player Positions: | Guard, tackle |
Coach Years1: | 1903–1904 |
Coach Team1: | Purdue |
Coach Years2: | 1905 |
Coach Team2: | Washington |
Coach Years3: | 1906–1907 |
Coach Team3: | Harvard (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1922–1923 |
Coach Team4: | Bates |
Admin Years1: | 1904–1905 |
Admin Team1: | Purdue |
Admin Years2: | 1915–1918 |
Admin Team2: | Purdue |
Overall Record: | 23–18–3 |
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Oliver Frost Cutts (August 6, 1873 – August 4, 1939) was an American college football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University (1903–1904), the University of Washington (1905), and Bates College (1922–1923), compiling a career head coaching record of 23–18–3. Cutts was also the athletic director at Purdue from 1904 to 1905 and again from 1915 to 1918. He died on August 4, 1939 at his home in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.[1]
From 1903 to 1904, Cutts coached at Purdue University, where he compiled a 13–5 record. This included a 9–3 season in 1904, where the Boilermakers outscored opponents 176–66. In 1905, he coached at the University of Washington, where he compiled a 4–2–2 record.