Frank Piekarski

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Frank A. Piekarski

Sport(s)	College football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Biographical details
Born	August 17, 1879^[1] Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Died	August 15, 1951 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Playing career
1901-1904	Penn
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1905-1907	Washington & Jefferson
Head coaching record
Overall	25-7

Frank Anthony Piekarski (August 17, 1879 - August 15, 1951) was a college football player and coach, later serving as judge in Pennsylvania. Piekarski is of Polish descent.

As a college football player for the Penn Quakers football, he was named to the 1904 College Football All-America Team as a consensus pick.^[2] In 1903, he was a third team All American.^[2] He was among the first Polish-Americans to gain recognition in college football.^[2]

He was head coach of Washington & Jefferson football from 1905 to 1907, amassing a record of 25-7.^[3]

He was also a lawyer; in 1933, he became a judge in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.^[4]

Piekarski died in 1951 at Pittsburgh Hospital in Pittsburgh.^[5]^[6]

In 2005, he was named to the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.^[2]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall
Washington & Jefferson (Independent) (1905–190)
1905	Washington & Jefferson	9-3
1906	Washington & Jefferson	9-2
1907	Washington & Jefferson	7-2
Total:		25-7
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll.

References

↑ Penn alumni directory
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Frank Piekarski". National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. June 9, 2005.
↑ "Presidents Football 2009" (PDF). 2009 Football Guide. Washington & Jefferson College. 2009. Archived from the original on 2010-03-03. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
↑ "Piekarski Chosen for County Bench". The Pittsburgh Press. May 6, 1933.
↑ "Frank Piekarski, Retired Jurist, 71: Allegheny County Ex-Judge in Pennsylvania Is Dead -- Once All-American In Football". The New York Times. August 15, 1951.
↑ "Piekarski Requiem Mass Friday: Former Judge Stroke Victim". The Pittsburgh Press. August 15, 1951.

Washington & Jefferson Presidents head football coaches

R. LeBlanc Lynch (1891–1892)
J. J. Clark # (1892)
Joseph Hamilton (1893)
E. Gard Edwards (1894–1895)
Clinton Woods (1896–1897)
W. D. Inglis (1898)
S. W. Black (1899)
W. B. Seaman (1900–1904)
Frank Piekarski (1905–1907)
David C. Morrow (1908–1911)
Bob Folwell (1912–1915)
Sol Metzger (1916–1917)
Ralph Hutchinson (1918)
David C. Morrow (1919–1920)
Greasy Neale (1921–1922)
John Heisman (1923)
David C. Morrow (1924–1925)
Andrew Kerr (1926–1928)
Bill Amos (1929–1931)
Leroy Day (1932–1936)
George Roark (1937–1940)
Stu Holcomb (1941)
Pete Henry (1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Pete Henry (1945)
Henry Luecht (1946–1949)
Alured Ransom (1950–1951)
Joe McMullen (1952–1953)
Charles Nelson (1954–1955)
Edward Chupa (1956–1959)
Chuck Ream (1960–1972)
Pat Mondock (1973–1981)
John Luckhardt (1982–1998)
John Banaszak (1999–2002)
Mike Sirianni (2003– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

v t e 1904 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

QB Foster Rockwell QB Vincent Stevenson HB Willie Heston HB Daniel Hurley FB Walter Eckersall FB Andrew Smith FB Henry Torney C Arthur Tipton G Joseph Gilman G Ralph Kinney G Frank Piekarski T James Cooney T James Hogan E Tom Shevlin E Fred Speik

Persondata
Name	Piekarski, Frank
Alternative names
Short description	American judge
Date of birth	August 17, 1879
Place of birth	Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Date of death	August 15, 1951
Place of death	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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