Frederick_E._Jennings

Frederick E. Jennings

Frederick E. Jennings

American lawyer

Frederick Everett Jennings (September 23, 1877 – May 24, 1953) was an American lawyer, banker, and college football coach. He served as the head coach at Dartmouth College in 1900 and amassed a record of 2–4–2.[1]

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Jennings was born on September 23, 1877, in native of Everett, Massachusetts.[2] He attended Dartmouth College, from which he graduated in 1900.[3] While at Dartmouth, Jennings played football as a halfback and earned a varsity letter in 1898.[4] As of 2010, Jennings still holds the school record for most touchdowns in a game, which he set in 1898 when he scored seven against Amherst in a 64–6 rout.[5] Charles E. Patterson in Leslie's Weekly named Jennings to his All-American second team in 1899.[6]

Jennings returned to coach his alma mater in 1900, which he did for one season, and amassed a 2–4–2 record.[1] After Dartmouth, Jennings attended and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1903.[3]

Jennings returned to Dartmouth to serve as an assistant football coach in 1908 and 1909.[7] In 1912, he was an assistant under Frank Cavanaugh.[8]

Jennings held professional careers as a lawyer and banker.[9] By 1934, he was serving as president of the Everett Bank and Trust Company and as elected director of the Colonial Beacon Oil Company.[10] Jennings died on May 24, 1953, at Palmer Memorial Hospital in Palmer, Massachusetts.[9]

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  1. [1]
    All-Time Coaching Records by Year Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved July 6, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Emerson, Charles Franklin (1911). General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1910. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press. p. 404. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
  3. [3]
    Frederick E. Jennings, The Christian Science Monitor, May 25, 1953.
  4. [4]
    2009 Football Media Guide, p. 116, Dartmouth College, 2009.
  5. [5]
    2009 Football Media Guide, p. 124.
  6. [6]
    All-America Addendum -- Part 2 (PDF), p. 5, College Football Historical Society Newsletter, November 2008.
  7. [7]
    The Dartmouth, Volume XXX, p. 174, December 22, 1908.
  8. [8]
    More Coaches for Dartmouth, The New York Times, November 4, 1912.
  9. [9]
    FREDERICK E. JENNINGS, The New York Times, May 25, 1953.
  10. [10]
    FINANCIAL NOTES, The New York Times, April 13, 1934.
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