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Fred Folsom

American football coach (1873–1944)

Field	Value
name	Fred Folsom
image	Fred Folsom.png
birth_date
birth_place	Old Town, Maine, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Hines, Illinois, U.S.
player_sport1	Football
player_years2	1892–1894
player_team2	Dartmouth
player_positions	End
coach_sport1	Football
coach_years2	1895–1899
coach_team2	Colorado
coach_years3	1901–1902
coach_team3	Colorado
coach_years4	1903–1906
coach_team4	Dartmouth
coach_years5	1908–1915
coach_team5	Colorado
coach_sport6	Baseball
coach_years7	1898–1899
coach_team7	Colorado
overall_record	106–28–6 (football)
6–6 (baseball)
championships	Football
5 CFA (1895–1897, 1901–1902)
4 CFAC/RMC (1909–1911, 1913)

6–6 (baseball) 5 CFA (1895–1897, 1901–1902) 4 CFAC/RMC (1909–1911, 1913) Fred Gorham Folsom (November 9, 1873 – November 11, 1944) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, lawyer, and law professor. He served as the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder (1895–1899, 1901–1902, 1908–1915) and at Dartmouth College from (1903–1906), compiling a career college football record of 106–28–6. Folsom played football at Dartmouth from 1892 to 1894. He was also the head baseball coach at Colorado in 1898 and 1899, tallying a mark of 6–6. Folsom practiced law in Denver and Boulder and taught at the University of Colorado Law School from 1905 to 1943. The football stadium at the University of Colorado, originally named Colorado Stadium, was renamed as Folsom Field in his honor in 1944.

Early life and education

Folsom was born to Franklin W. Folsom and Lillian A. Hopkins in Old Town, Maine on November 9, 1873. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1895 and earned an LLB from the University of Colorado in 1899.

Head coaching record

Football

Notes

References

Sylvest, Allison. (August 22, 2006). "Folsom Family Legacy Brings History to Life". [[University of Colorado Boulder]].
Emerson, Charles Franklin. (1911). "General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1910". Rumford Press.
"Coaching Records". [[Colorado Buffaloes.

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