American football player/coach and professor
Frank Williams Durkee (October 5, 1861 – May 21, 1939) was an American football player and coach and a college faculty member. He served as a player-coach at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1887, compiling a record of 4–6.[1] He was also a team captain on the school's baseball team in 1888.[2]
Durkee later worked as a chemistry professor at Tufts.[3] He died of a heart attack on May 21, 1939, at his home in Medford.[4]
Head coaching record
Year
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Team
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Overall
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Conference |
Standing
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Bowl/playoffs
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Tufts Jumbos (Independent) (1887)
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1887
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Tufts
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4–6 |
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Tufts:
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4–6 |
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Total: |
4–6 |
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