Biographical details | |
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Born | Macon County, Georgia, U.S. | February 14, 1904
Died | August 22, 1972 | (aged 68)
Playing career | |
Football | |
c. 1925 | Morehouse |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1932–1933 | Morehouse |
1935–1942 | Morehouse |
Basketball | |
1932–1934 | Morehouse |
1935–1943 | Morehouse |
1945–1964 | Morehouse |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 45–57–14 (football) 298–327 (basketball) |
Franklin Lafayette Forbes (February 14, 1904 – August 22, 1972) was an American college football and college basketball coach. He served three stints as the head football coach (1932–1933, 1935–1942, 1945–1949) at Morehouse College in Atlanta.[1]
Forbes died on August 22, 1972.[2] Morehouse's Forbes Arena is named after him. [3]