Fred Faurot

AFred Faurot
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born (1909-03-18)March 18, 1909
Mountain Grove, Missouri
Died December 12, 2000(2000-12-12) (aged 91)
Columbia, Missouri
Playing career
1930, 1932 Missouri
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1934 Chillicothe HS (MO)
1935–1937 Kirksville State
1938–1941 Parsons
1948–1955 Murray State
Head coaching record
Overall 73–49–9 (college)

Frederick Winslow "Fritz" Faurot, Jr. (March 18, 1909 – December 12, 2000) was an American football player and coach. Starting as coach in 1933 at Excelsior Springs, MO, high school; moved to Chillicothe, MO in 1934-35. He then served as the head football coach at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College—commonly known at the time as Kirksville State Teachers College and now known as Truman State University—from 1935 to 1937, at Parsons College from 1938 to 1941, at Central Methodist College in 1945 as basketball coach, 1946 as Director of Athletics and football coach,[1] and at Murray State University from 1948 to 1955, compiling a career college football coach record of 73–49–9. Faurot played college football at the University of Missouri, lettering in 1930 and 1932. He served as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, as an instructor in the physical training program, during World War II.[2] He was the brother of College Football Hall of Fame coach, Don Faurot.

References

  1. Central College homecoming game programme, 1946, page 3
  2. AP (March 12, 1948). "Faurot to Coach Murray State". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Spokane, Washington. Retrieved April 27, 2016.

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