Oliver Cutts Explained

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]

Coaching career

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Oliver Frost Cutts, Ex-Star At Harvard; Also Was on the Coaching Staff—Athletic Instructor at Bates . . August 8, 1939 . August 11, 2011.