Frank Faulkinberry

Frank Faulkinberry
Biographical details

Born	(1887-11-27)November 27, 1887 Fayetteville, Tennessee
Died	May 13, 1933(1933-05-13) (aged 45) Tennessee
Alma mater	Sewanee: The University of the South
Playing career
1907-10	Sewanee
Position(s)	T/G
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football:
1926-32	Middle Tennessee State
Basketball:
1926-33	Middle Tennessee State
Baseball:
1927-32	Middle Tennessee State
Head coaching record
Overall	Football: 33–26–4 (.556)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SIAA (football player) (1909) 1 AAU Women's Basketball Championship (coach) (1929)
Awards
3x All-Southern (1907-08, 1910) Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame

Frank Albert Faulkinberry (November 27, 1887 – May 13, 1933) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach.

Early years

Frank was born on November 27, 1887 in Lincoln County, Tennessee to Christopher Columbus Faulkinberry and Sarah Ellen Caple.

College athletics

Faulkinberry was a tackle on the Sewanee Tigers, thrice selected All-Southern.^[1] His play was once called "a thing to marvel at."^[2] He is a tackle on Sewanee's all-time second team.^[3] He was nominated though not selected for an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team.^[4] At Sewanee he was a member of Phi Delta Theta. Faulkinberry is a member of both the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame^[5] and the Blue Raiders Hall of Fame, having coached for years the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders in both men and women's sports.^[3] He was also a Latin professor. Faulkinberry Drive on the Middle Tennessee State campus is named in his honor. Faulkinberry was inducted into the Sewanee Athletics Hall of Fame in 2014.^[6]

Faulkenberry was once athletic director at the Brandon Training School in Shelbyville.^[7]

Professional baseball

For a few years he was a catcher in the Minor leagues.^[8]

Death

Faulkinberry was found shot to death in the garage of his home on May 13, 1933. It was a suspected suicide.^[9]

References

↑ "National and Southern Honors". Sewanee Football Media Guide: 31. 2011.
↑ "Sewanee Here On Saturday". Atlanta Constitution. November 11, 1908.
1 2 "Frank Faulkinberry".
↑ "U-T Greats On All-Time Southeast Team". Kingsport Post. July 31, 1969.
↑ "Sewanee announces its 2014 Hall of Fame class".
↑ "Frank Faulkinberry".
↑ http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/speccol/exhibits/preparatory/bts.shtml
↑ "Frank A. Faulkinberry".
↑ Society for the Advancement of Education. School & Society 37. p. 652.

External links

Frank Faulkinberry at Find a Grave

1907 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections

Backfield	QB Walter Barrett HB Honus Craig† HB Aubrey Lanier FB Lawrence Markley

Line	E Bob Blake† E Guy Lewis T Andrew A. Stone T J. R. Davis G Frank Faulkinberry G Horace Sherrell C J. N. Stone

† = Unanimous selection

1908 College Football All-Southern Team composite selections

Backfield	QB Tom McLure HB Walker Leach HB Lewie Hardage FB Lawrence Markley†

Line	E John Vaughn Blake† E Silas Williams T Frank Faulkinberry† T J. R. Davis G Louis Hasslock G Nathan Dougherty C W. T. McLain

† = Unanimous selection

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders head football coaches

L. T. "Mutt" Weber (1911–1912)
Alfred B. Miles (1913–1916)
Johnny Floyd (1917)
Unknown (1918)
Alfred B. Miles (1919–1923)
Guy Stephenson (1924–1925)
Frank Faulkinberry (1926–1932)
E. M. Waller (1933–1934)
Johnny Floyd (1935–1938)
Ernest Alley (1939)
E. W. Midgett (1940–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
E. W. Midgett (1946)
Charles M. Murphy (1947–1968)
Donald E. Fuoss (1969)
Bill Peck (1970–1974)
Ben Hurt (1975–1978)
James F. Donnelly (1979–1998)
Andy McCollum (1999–2005)
Rick Stockstill (2006– )

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball head coaches

Alfred B. Miles (1913–1915)
No team (1915–1922)
Alfred B. Miles (1922–1924)
Guy Stephenson (1924–1926)
Frank Faulkinberry (1926–1933)
E. M. Waller (1933–1935)
Johnny Floyd (1935–1939)
E. W. Midgett (1939–1942)
No team (1942–1945)
O. L. Freeman (1945–1946)
E. K. Patty (1946–1948)
Charles M. Murphy (1948–1949)
Charles Greer (1949–1956)
Ed Diddle, Jr. (1956–1962)
Bill Stokes (1962–1965)
Ken Trickey (1965–1969)
Jimmy Earle (1969–1979)
Stan Simpson (1979–1984)
Bruce Stewart (1984–1991)
David Farrar (1991–1996)
Randy Wiel (1996–2002)
Kermit Davis (2002– )

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders head baseball coaches

Max Souby (1912)
Alfred B. Miles (1913–1917)
No team (1918–1919)
Alfred B. Miles (1920–1924)
Guy Stephenson (1925–1926)
Frank Faulkinberry (1927–1932)
E. M. "Nig" Waller (1933–1935)
Johnny "Red" Floyd (1936–1939)
Herc Alley (1940)
Nance Jordan (1941–1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Nance Jordan (1946)
Durwood Stowe (1947–1950)
Charles M. Murphy (1951)
No team (1952)
Charles M. Murphy (1953–1955)
No team (1956)
Buck Rolman (1957–1960)
Jack Deere (1961)
William Stokes (1962)
Ken Trickey (1963–1965)
Jimmy Earle (1966–1969)
Donald B. Clifton (1970)
A. H. Solomon (1971–1973)
John Stanford (1974–1987)
Steve Peterson (1988–2012)
Jim McGuire (2013– )

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