Henry Frnka

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Henry Frnka
Frnka prior to the 1943 Sugar Bowl during his tenure with Tulsa
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1903-03-16)March 16, 1903
Died	December 18, 1980(1980-12-18) (aged 77) San Antonio, Texas
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1941–1945 1946–1951	Tulsa Tulane
Head coaching record
Overall	71–32–5 (college)
Bowls	2–3
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 3 MVC (1941–1943) 1 SEC (1949)

Henry E. Frnka (/ˈfræŋkə/ FRANGK-ə; March 16, 1903 – December 18, 1980) was an American football coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Tulsa from 1941 to 1945 and at Tulane University from 1946 to 1951, compiling a career college football record of 71–32–5.

Coaching career

High school

Prior to his coaching career at the college level, Frnka was the head coach of a high school team in Greenville, Texas and led them to a Texas state championship in 1933. Frnka used the fumblerooski for the very first time in the 1933 Texas High School Championship game with the Greenville Lions.

Tulsa

From 1941 to 1945, Frnka coached at the University of Tulsa, and compiled a 40–9–1 record. The Tulsa Golden Hurricane had never been to a bowl game before, and he took them to five straight, becoming Tulsa's most prolific coach. The Golden Hurricane won three league titles, and outscored opponents 1,552 to 375. He led the team to their first bowl game and a school-best national ranking of #4 at the end of the 1942 season.

Tulane

From 1946 to 1951, Frnka coached at Tulane University, and compiled a 31–23–4 record. Since the 1920s, the Tulane Green Wave had been a national power in college football, and Frnka-led teams produced records of 9–1 in 1948, 7–2-–in 1949, and 6–2–1 in 1950. In a 1949 issue devoted to a preview of that year's college football season, SPORT magazine declared that Tulane was the best team in the country.

Death

Frnka died on December 18, 1980 in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 77.^[1]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	AP^#
Tulsa Golden Hurricane (Missouri Valley Conference) (1941–1945)
1941	Tulsa	8–2	4–0	1st	W Sun
1942	Tulsa	10–1	5–0	1st	L Sugar	4
1943	Tulsa	6–1–1	1–0	1st	L Sugar	15
1944	Tulsa	8–2			W Orange
1945	Tulsa	8–3	2–1	2nd	L Oil	17
Tulsa:		40–9–1
Tulane Green Wave (Southeastern Conference) (1946–1951)
1946	Tulane	3–7	2–4	9th
1947	Tulane	2–5–2	2–3–2	7th
1948	Tulane	9–1	5–1	3rd		13
1949	Tulane	7–2–1	5–1	1st
1950	Tulane	6–2–1	3–1–1	4th		20
1951	Tulane	4–6	1–5	11th
Tulane:		31–23–4	18–15–3
Total:		71–32–5
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^#Rankings from final AP Poll.

References

↑ AP (December 20, 1980). "Former Tulane, Tulsa coach dies". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved October 2, 2010.

External links

Tulsa profile
Henry Frnka at the College Football Data Warehouse

v t e Tulsa Golden Hurricane head football coaches

Norman Leard (1895–1897) Fred Taylor (1898–1899) Unknown (1900–1902) No team (1903–1904) Unknown (1905) No team (1906–1907) Sam P. McBirney (1908) Unknown (1909–1910) No team (1911) Harvey L. Allen (1912) George "Red" Evans (1913) Sam P. McBirney (1914–1916) Hal Medford (1917) Arthur Smith (1918) Francis Schmidt (1919–1921) Howard Acher (1922–1924) Gus Henderson (1925–1935) Vic Hurt (1936–1938) Chet Benefiel (1939–1940) Henry Frnka (1941–1945) Buddy Brothers (1946–1952) Bernie Witucki (1953–1954) Bobby Dobbs (1955–1960) Glenn Dobbs (1961–1968) Vince Carillot (1969) Claude "Hoot" Gibson (1970–1972) F. A. Dry (1972–1976) John Cooper (1977–1984) Don Morton (1985–1986) George Henshaw (1987) David Rader (1988–1999) Pat Henderson # (1999) Keith Burns (2000–2002) Steve Kragthorpe (2003–2006) Todd Graham (2007–2010) Bill Blankenship (2011– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Tulane Green Wave head football coaches

T. L. Bayne (1893)
Fred Sweet (1894)
T. L. Bayne (1895)
Harry Baum (1896)
John Lombard (1898)
H. T. Collier (1899)
H. T. Summersgill (1900–1901)
Virginius Dabney (1902)
Charles Eshleman (1903)
Thomas A. Barry (1904)
John F. Tobin (1905)
John Russ (1906)
Joe Curtis (1907–1908)
R. R. Brown (1909)
Appleton A. Mason (1910–1912)
A. C. Hoffman (1913)
Edwin Sweetland (1914)
Clark Shaughnessy (1915–1920)
Myron Fuller (1921)
Clark Shaughnessy (1922–1926)
Bernie Bierman (1927–1931)
Ted Cox (1932–1935)
Red Dawson (1936–1941)
Claude Simons, Jr. (1942–1945)
Henry Frnka (1946–1951)
Raymond Wolf (1952–1953)
Andy Pilney (1954–1961)
Tommy O'Boyle (1962–1965)
Jim Pittman (1966–1970)
Bennie Ellender (1971–1975)
Larry Smith (1976–1979)
Vince Gibson (1980–1982)
Wally English (1983–1984)
Mack Brown (1985–1987)
Greg Davis (1988–1991)
Buddy Teevens (1992–1996)
Tommy Bowden (1997–1998)
Chris Scelfo (1999–2006)
Bob Toledo (2007–2011)
Mark Hutson # (2011)
Curtis Johnson (2012– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Persondata
Name	Frnka, Henry
Alternative names
Short description	American football coach
Date of birth	March 16, 1903
Place of birth
Date of death	December 18, 1980
Place of death	San Antonio, Texas

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