Frank McCaffrey

Frank McCaffrey
Sport(s) Football
Biographical details
Born December 26, 1888
Bronx, NY
Died December 26, 1952
Bronx, NY
Alma mater Fordham University
Playing career
1908–1909 Fordham
Position(s) End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1917 Fordham
Head coaching record
Overall 7–2

Francis "Bull" McCaffrey was a player and, later, head coach for the Fordham Rams football team.[1] McCaffrey split head coaching duties with Frank Gargan for just one season (1917) and compiled a record of 7–2.[1] McCaffrey was also the head football coach of Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn, New York[2] and Dewitt-Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York.[3]

McCaffrey graduated from Fordham University in 1911, where he starred in football as well as baseball.[4] A 5'8",[5] 165-pound end, he earned the nickname "Bull" for his aggressive playing style.[4] He was Fordham's first-ever All-America selection when in 1909, his junior season, when Walter Camp, the Yale head coach and father of modern American football, chose him as one of the college football's premier players.[4] Fordham discontinued football before McCaffrey's senior season in 1910, so Princeton University offered him a football scholarship. Frank McCaffrey did not accept the scholarship because his mother thought that football was too rough and she did not want to see him get hurt (which had been a concern of hers while McCaffrey played for the Rams).[4]

After graduating from the New York University College of Dentistry,[4] McCaffrey practiced oral surgery in New York City until his death 1952.

Head coaching record

Year Team Overall ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Fordham Rams (Independent) (1917)
1917 Fordham 7–2
Fordham: 7–2
Total:7–2

References

  1. 1 2 Frank McCaffrey at College Football DataWarehouse. Retrieved on February 28, 2010.
  2. ↑ Brooklyn Eagle newspaper
  3. ↑ The Bronx Home News newspaper.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 TRADITION :: The newsletter of Fordham Alumni Association :: September 1991. Retrieved on February 28, 2010.
  5. ↑ subject's U.S. passport


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