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Ben Douglas (American football)

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Ben Douglas
Biographical details
Born(1909-03-12)March 12, 1909
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
DiedDecember 4, 1985(1985-12-04) (aged 76)
Brandon, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1928–1930Grinnell
1933Brooklyn Dodgers
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1931Greenfield HS (IA)
1934–1939Maplewood HS (MO)
1940–1941Grinnell
1946Grinnell
1947Colorado College
1949Missouri Mines (assistant)
1950–1951Iowa (assistant)
Basketball
1931–1932Cornell (IA)
1940–1942Grinnell
1949–1950Missouri Mines
1950–?Iowa (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1947–1948Colorado College
Head coaching record
Overall15–12 (college football)

Frank Benjamin Douglas (March 12, 1909 – December 4, 1985) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa from 1940 to 1941 and again in 1946 and at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1947, compiling a career college football coaching record of18–17. Douglas played college football at Grinnell from 128 to 1930 and then professionally for one season, in 1933, with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL).[1] Douglas was also the head basketball coach at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa from 1931 to 1932, Grinnell from m 1940 to 1942, and the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now known as Missouri University of Science and Technology—from 1949 to 1950.[2]

Head coaching record

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College football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Grinnell Pioneers (Midwest Conference) (1940–1941)
1940 Grinnell 5–4 4–2 3rd
1941 Grinnell 6–3 4–2 3rd
Grinnell Pioneers (Midwest Conference) (1946)
1946 Grinnell 3–5 2–4 T–6th
Grinnell: 14–12 10–8
Colorado College Tigers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1947)
1947 Colorado College 4–5 2–1 2nd
Colorado College: 4–5 2–1
Total: 18–17

References

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  1. ^ "Frank Douglas". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). minerathletics.com. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
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