Frank Butterworth

Frank Butterworth
Biographical details
Born(1870-09-21)September 21, 1870
Warren County, Ohio, U.S.
DiedAugust 22, 1950(1950-08-22) (aged 79)
Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.
Playing career
1892–1894Yale
Position(s)Fullback, halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1895–1896California
1897–1898Yale
Head coaching record
Overall27–5–5
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 national (1897)
Awards

Frank Seiler Butterworth Sr. (September 21, 1870 – August 21, 1950)[1] was an American football player and coach. Butterworth attended Yale University, where he was a fullback on Yale's football teams and a member of the Skull and Bones society.[1] He was famously enucleated by Bert Waters during "The Bloodbath in Hampden Park". He was selected as an All-American in 1893 and 1894. Butterworth was also a track star and boxer at Yale.[2] After his college career was over, Butterworth coached football at the University of California, Berkeley (1895–1896) and Yale (1897–1898).[3] The 1897 Yale football team coached by Butterworth went undefeated with two ties, against Army and Harvard.[2]

Butterworth worked for the bankers Bertron & Storrs, was a senior partner with real estate brokers F. S. Butterworth & Company, and was president of the New Haven Hotel Company. He served as a Connecticut State Senator from 1907 to 1909 and was a Second Lieutenant in the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I.[1] Butterworth died in his sleep at age 79 in Connecticut.

  1. ^ a b c "Obituary Record Of Graduates Of The Undergraduate Schools Deceased During The Year 1950-1951" (PDF). Yale University. January 1, 1952. p. 30. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Frank Butterworth Dies In His Sleep". Charleston Gazette. August 22, 1950.
  3. ^ "Frank S. Butterworth Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2007.