Biographical details | |
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Born | Everett, Massachusetts, U.S. | September 23, 1877
Died | May 24, 1953 Palmer, Massachusetts, U.S. | (aged 75)
Playing career | |
1898–1899 | Dartmouth |
Position(s) | Halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1900 | Dartmouth |
1908–1909 | Dartmouth (assistant) |
1912 | Dartmouth (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 2–4–2 |
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]
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]