Frank H. Gorton (1877 – March 20, 1939) was an American football, basketball, baseball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Rutgers University from 1906 to 1907, Occidental College from 1908 to 1910, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) from 1914 to 1916, and Otterbein College—now known as Otterbein University—in 1917, compiling a career college football record of 38–29–6.[1] Gorton was also the head basketball coach at Rutgers from 1906 to 1909, at VMI from 1914 to 1917, and at Otterbein College during the 1917–18 season, amassing a career college basketball mark of 33–31. In addition, he served as the head baseball coach at Rutgers in 1907. Gorton returned to VMI in 1926 to serve as the school's athletic director.[2]
 Gorton pictured in The Bomb 1915, VMI yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1877 |
| Died | March 20, 1939 (aged 62) Lexington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1906–1907 | Rutgers |
| 1908–1910 | Occidental |
| 1914–1916 | VMI |
| 1917 | Otterbein |
| 1918 | Fisk |
| 1925 | Rochester (NY) (assistant) |
| 1934 | Rochester (NY) (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1906–1908 | Rutgers |
| 1914–1917 | VMI |
| 1917–1918 | Otterbein |
| Baseball | |
| 1907 | Rutgers |
| 1915–1917 | VMI |
| 1939 | Ohio State (assistant trainer) |
| Track | |
| 1915–1917 | VMI |
| 1926–1937 | Rochester |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1926–1928 | VMI |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 38–29–6 (football) 34–30 (basketball) |
Gorton died at the age of 62 of a heart attack in Lexington, Virginia on March 20, 1939.[3]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Queensmen (Independent) (1906–1907) | |||||||||
| 1906 | Rutgers | 5–2–2 | |||||||
| 1907 | Rutgers | 3–5–1 | |||||||
| Rutgers: | 8–7–3 | ||||||||
| Occidental Tigers (Independent) (1908–1910) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Occidental | 9–2 | |||||||
| 1909 | Occidental | 4–1–1 | |||||||
| 1910 | Occidental | 2–2–1 | |||||||
| Occidental: | 15–5–2 | ||||||||
| VMI Keydets (Independent) (1914–1916) | |||||||||
| 1914 | VMI | 4–4 | |||||||
| 1915 | VMI | 6–2–1 | |||||||
| 1916 | VMI | 4–5 | |||||||
| VMI: | 14–11–1 | ||||||||
| Otterbein Cardinals (Independent) (1917–singe) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Otterbein | 1–6 | |||||||
| Otterbein: | 1–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 38–29–6 | ||||||||
Basketball
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers Queensmen (Independent) (1906–1907) | |||||||||
| 1906–07 | Rutgers | 0–3 | |||||||
| 1907–08 | Rutgers | 4–11 | |||||||
| Rutgers: | 4–14 | ||||||||
| VMI Keydets (Independent) (1914–1917) | |||||||||
| 1914–15 | VMI | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1915–16 | VMI | 9–3 | |||||||
| 1916–17 | VMI | 9–5 | |||||||
| VMI: | 26–10 | ||||||||
| Otterbein Cardinals (Independent) (1917–1918) | |||||||||
| 1917–18 | Otterbein | 4–6 | |||||||
| Otterbein: | 4–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 34–30 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "College Lose Many Players". The Evening Review. East Liverpool, Ohio. September 26, 1917. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ The Bomb. VMI. 1927. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
- ^ "Frank H. Gorton" (PDF). The New York Times. Associated Press. March 21, 1939. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ^ 2013–14 VMI Basketball Fact Book
- ^ 2013–14 Otterbein Basketball Media Guide
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