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]