Fred Thomsen

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Fred Thomsen

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1897-04-25)April 25, 1897
Died	January 7, 1986(1986-01-07) (aged 88)
Playing career
1920–1923 1924	Nebraska Rock Island Independents
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1929–1941 1949–1952	Arkansas Southwest Missouri State
Head coaching record
Overall	75–78–14
Bowls	0–0–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 1 SWC (1936) 1 MIAA (1951)

Fredrick Charles Thomsen (April 25, 1897 – January 7, 1986) was an American football player and coach. From 1929 to 1941, he was the head football coach at the University of Arkansas, compiling a record of 56–61–10. In 1949, he became the head football coach at Southwest Missouri State College, now Missouri State University, where he served until 1952. His record at Southwest Missouri State was 19–17–4. Thomsen's career record as a head coach was 75–78–4. Thomsen played for the Rock Island Independents in the NFL for one season in 1924.

Arkansas

In 1933, Thomsen's Razorbacks had the best record in the Southwest Conference, but Arkansas had to forfeit their first conference championship because Thomsen played Heinie Schleuter, an ineligible athlete. Schleuter had told Thomsen he could play, but actually had no remaining eligibility. A member of the SMU Mustangs noticed him as a former Nebraska Cornhusker, forcing the Hogs to give up their first conference title. The Razorbacks won their first conference championship in 1936. However, TCU received the Southwest Conference's bid to the first Cotton Bowl, leaving Arkansas out of the bowl picture. Thomsen popularized the forward pass at Arkansas, attempting over 300 aerials, which caught fire across the Southwest Conference. Thomsen used two quarterbacks, Dwight Sloan for wet weather, and Jack Robbins for dry.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP^#
Arkansas Razorbacks (Southwest Conference) (1929–1941)
1929	Arkansas	7–2	3–2	3rd
1930	Arkansas	3–6	2–2	5th
1931	Arkansas	3–5–1	0–4	7th
1932	Arkansas	1–6–2	1–4	7th
1933	Arkansas	7–3–1	4–1	1st	T Dixie Classic
1934	Arkansas	4–4–2	2–3–1	5th
1935	Arkansas	5–5	2–4	5th
1936	Arkansas	7–3	5–1	1st		18
1937	Arkansas	6–2–2	3–2–1	3rd		14
1938	Arkansas	2–7–1	1–5	T–6th
1939	Arkansas	4–5–1	2–3–1	5th
1940	Arkansas	4–6	1–5	6th
1941	Arkansas	3–7	0–6	7th
Arkansas:		56–61–10	26–42–3
Southwest Missouri State Bears (Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1949–1952)
1949	Southwest Missouri State	5–4–1	3–1–1	T–2nd
1950	Southwest Missouri State	5–4–2	3–1–1	2nd
1951	Southwest Missouri State	6–3–1	4–0–1	T–1st
1952	Southwest Missouri State	3–6	1–4	T–5th
Southwest Missouri State:		19–17–4	11–6–3
Total:		75–78–14
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

External links

Fred Thomsen at the College Football Data Warehouse

Arkansas Razorbacks head football coaches

John C. Futrall (1894–1896)
B. N. Wilson (1897–1898)
Colbert Searles (1899–1900)
Charles Thomas (1901–1902)
D. A. McDaniel (1903)
A. D. Brown (1904–1905)
Frank Longman (1906–1907)
Hugo Bezdek (1908–1912)
E. T. Pickering (1913–1914)
T. T. McConnell (1915–1916)
Norman C. Paine (1917–1918)
James B. Craig (1919)
George McLaren (1920–1921)
Francis Schmidt (1922–1928)
Fred Thomsen (1929–1941)
George Cole (1942)
John Tomlin (1943)
Glen Rose (1944–1945)
John Barnhill (1946–1949)
Otis Douglas (1950–1952)
Bowden Wyatt (1953–1954)
Jack Mitchell (1955–1957)
Frank Broyles (1958–1976)
Lou Holtz (1977–1983)
Ken Hatfield (1984–1989)
Jack Crowe (1990–1992)
Joe Kines # (1992)
Danny Ford (1993–1997)
Houston Nutt (1998–2007)
Reggie Herring # (2007)
Bobby Petrino (2008–2011)
John L. Smith (2012)
Bret Bielema (2013–)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Missouri State Bears head football coaches

Walter Langston (1909)
Corliss Buchanan (1910–1911)
Arthur Briggs (1912–1917)
Paul Andrews (1918)
Arthur Briggs (1919–1933)
Andrew McDonald (1934–1937)
Red Blair (1938–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Red Blair (1945–1946)
Tommy O'Boyle (1947–1948)
Fred Thomsen (1949–1952)
Bill Dellastatious (1953–1954)
Harold Stratton (1955)
Aldo Sebben (1956–1960)
Orville Pottenger (1961–1964)
Jim Mentis (1965–1968)
Don Cross (1969–1975)
Rich Johanningmeier (1976–1985)
Jesse Branch (1986–1994)
Del Miller (1995–1998)
Randy Ball (1999–2005)
Terry Allen (2006– )

Persondata
Name	Thomsen, Fred
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	April 25, 1897
Place of birth
Date of death	January 7, 1986
Place of death

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