Sumner Dole Explained

Sumner Dole
Birth Date:1892
Death Date:January 22, 1997 (aged 104)
Death Place:Keene, New Hampshire, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1914
Player Team2:Massachusetts
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1923–1933
Coach Team2:Connecticut
Coach Sport3:Basketball
Coach Years4:1917–1918
Coach Team4:Massachusetts
Coach Years5:1923–1927
Coach Team5:Connecticut
Coach Sport6:Baseball
Coach Years7:1924–1935
Coach Team7:Connecticut
Overall Record:36–39–14 (football)
45–35 (basketball)
64–90–2 (baseball)
Championships:Football
3 New England (1924, 1926, 1928)

Sumner Alvord Dole (1892 – January 22, 1997) was an American football, basketball and baseball and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Connecticut from 1923 to 1933, compiling a record of 36–39–14.[1] Dole was also the head basketball coach at the University of Massachusetts from 1917 to 1918 and Connecticut from 1923 to 1927, amassing a career college basketball coaching record of 45–35.[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Notes and References

  1. News: Mr. Dole School Teacher in New Hampshire. Courant.com. January 28, 1997. October 18, 2018.
  2. Web site: Sumner Dole. Sports-Reference. October 18, 2018.