Frank Thompson (coach)
Thompson pictured in The Agromeck 1909, North Carolina A&M yearbook
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 21, 1886 Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Saint-Mihiel, France |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1905–1908 | North Carolina A&M |
| Baseball | |
| 1906–1908 | North Carolina A&M |
| Position(s) | Fullback (football) Catcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1911–1913 | Wake Forest |
| Baseball | |
| 1908–1911 | North Carolina A&M |
| 1913–1914 | Wake Forest |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 5–19 (football) |
| Statistics | |
Frank Martin Thompson (April 21, 1886 – September 13, 1918) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1911 to 1913, compiling a record of 5–19. Thompson was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now North Carolina State University—from 1908 to 1911 and at Wake Forest from 1913 to 1914. A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Thompson graduated from North Carolina A&M in 1909. He played on the school's varsity football team from 1905 to 1908 and the varsity baseball team from 1906 to 1908.[1] Martin served as a lieutenant in 15th Machine Gun Battalion during World War I. He was killed in action on September 13, 1918 at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Wake Forest Baptists (Independent) (1911–1913) | |||||||||
| 1911 | Wake Forest | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1912 | Wake Forest | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1913 | Wake Forest | 0–8 | |||||||
| Wake Forest: | 5–19 | ||||||||
| Total: | 5–19 | ||||||||
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