Frederick V. Ostergren

Fred Ostergren
Biographical details
Bornc. 1886
Died(1945-07-04)July 4, 1945
Playing career
Football
1910–1913Holy Cross
Baseball
1911–1914Holy Cross
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921Western Reserve
1921–1924Bowdoin
1926–1929St. Bonaventure
Basketball
1927–1928St. Bonaventure
Baseball
1920–1922Western Reserve
1926–1930St. Bonaventure
Head coaching record
Overall27–28–8 (football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MIAA (1921)

Frederick V. Ostergren (c. 1886 – July 4, 1945) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.

Fred attended high school at the old Roxbury High School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was a star fullback and outstanding first baseman.[1] He played both college football and baseball at Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He played professional baseball in the Boston Red Sox farm system for the Manchester Textiles (also known as the Fitchburg Burghers) in 1914 and the Lawrence Barristers in 1915 and 1916.[2]

Collegiately, Ostegren coached at St. Bonaventure, Bowdoin, and Western Reserve. He also coached at Portland and Deering high schools in Maine and at Malden, Mass.

Ostergren began coaching at Arlington High School in 1931.[3]

  1. ^ "St. Bona Football Coaches". Sbufootball.wordpress.com. September 24, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. ^ "Fred Ostergren baseball bio". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  3. ^ "Arlington Letter" (PDF). Arlington.k12.ma.us. Retrieved May 24, 2018.