Fred Folsom
American football coach (1873–1944)
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Fred Gorham Folsom (November 9, 1873 – November 11, 1944) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, lawyer, and law professor. He served as the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder (1895–1899, 1901–1902, 1908–1915) and at Dartmouth College from (1903–1906), compiling a career college football record of 106–28–6. Folsom played football at Dartmouth from 1892 to 1894. He was also the head baseball coach at Colorado in 1898 and 1899, tallying a mark of 6–6. Folsom practiced law in Denver and Boulder and taught at the University of Colorado Law School from 1905 to 1943.[1] The football stadium at the University of Colorado, originally named Colorado Stadium, was renamed as Folsom Field in his honor in 1944.
Old Town, Maine, U.S.
Hines, Illinois, U.S.
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| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 9, 1873 Old Town, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | November 11, 1944 (aged 71) Hines, Illinois, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1892–1894 | Dartmouth |
| Position | End |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1895–1899 | Colorado |
| 1901–1902 | Colorado |
| 1903–1906 | Dartmouth |
| 1908–1915 | Colorado |
| Baseball | |
| 1898–1899 | Colorado |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 106–28–6 (football) 6–6 (baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 5 CFA (1895–1897, 1901–1902) 4 CFAC/RMC (1909–1911, 1913) | |
Early life and education
Folsom was born to Franklin W. Folsom and Lillian A. Hopkins in Old Town, Maine on November 9, 1873. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1895 and earned an LLB from the University of Colorado in 1899.[2]
Head coaching record
Football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Football Association) (1895–1899) | |||||||||
| 1895 | Colorado | 4–1[n 1] | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1896 | Colorado | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1897 | Colorado | 7–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1898 | Colorado | 4–4 | 0–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1899 | Colorado | 7–2 | 2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Football Association) (1901–1902) | |||||||||
| 1901 | Colorado | 5–1–1 | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1902 | Colorado | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| Dartmouth (Independent) (1903–1906) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Dartmouth | 9–1 | |||||||
| 1904 | Dartmouth | 7–0–1 | |||||||
| 1905 | Dartmouth | 7–1–2 | |||||||
| 1906 | Dartmouth | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| Dartmouth: | 29–5–4 | ||||||||
| Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Football Association) (1908) | |||||||||
| 1908 | Colorado | 5–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
| Colorado Silver and Gold (Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference / Rocky Mountain Conference) (1909–1915) | |||||||||
| 1909 | Colorado | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1910 | Colorado | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1911 | Colorado | 6–0 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1912 | Colorado | 6–3 | 3–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 1913 | Colorado | 5–1–1 | 3–0–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1914 | Colorado | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1915 | Colorado | 1–6 | 1–5 | T–6th | |||||
| Colorado: | 77–23–2 | 39–12–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 106–28–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||