:Frank Piekarski

{{Short description|American football player, coach, and judge (1879–1951)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Frank Piekarski

| image = Frank A. Piekarski.jpg

| alt =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|8|17}}

| birth_place = Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1951|8|15|1879|8|17}}

| death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1901–1904

| player_team1 = Penn

| player_positions = Guard

| coach_years1 = 1905–1907

| coach_team1 = Washington & Jefferson

| coach_years2 = 1914

| coach_team2 = Penn (line)

| overall_record = 26–7

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards = Consensus All-American (1904)
Third-team All-American (1903)

| coaching_records =

}}

Frank Anthony Piekarski (August 17, 1879 – August 15, 1951)[https://books.google.com/books?id=BOwYAAAAYAAJ&dq=frank+piekarski+penn&pg=PA458 Penn alumni directory] was an American college football player and coach who later served as a judge in Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he played football for the Penn Quakers as a guard from 1901 to 1904. Piekarski was a third-team selection to the 1903 College Football All-America Team and a consensus first-team pick on the 1904 College Football All-America Team. He was among the first Polish-Americans to gain recognition in college football.

Following his graduation from Penn, Piekarski served as the head football coach at Washington & Jefferson College from 1905 to 1907, leading the Red and Black to a record of 25–7 in three seasons.{{Cite web|title=Presidents Football 2009 |work=2009 Football Guide |publisher=Washington & Jefferson College |year=2009 |url=http://www.washjeff.edu/Athletics/Football/2009guide.pdf |accessdate=February 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602195502/http://www.washjeff.edu/Athletics/Football/2009guide.pdf |archive-date=June 2, 2010 |url-status=dead }} In 1914 he returned to his alma mater, Penn, as an assistant football coach in charge of the linemen under head coach George H. Brooke.{{cite news |author= |title=To Rehabilitate Football; Strong Efforts to Be Made at University of Pennsylvania—Team To Have Regular Trainer and Fewer Contents |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2249&dat=19140829&id=mlEnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2AMGAAAAIBAJ&pg=5820,4166113 |newspaper=Boston Evening Transcript |date=August 29, 1914 |accessdate=August 26, 2014 }}

Piekarski was also a lawyer. In 1933, he became a judge in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.{{Cite news | title = Piekarski Chosen for County Bench| newspaper = The Pittsburgh Press | date = May 6, 1933| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QyQbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a0sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1513,5374730}} Piekarski died in 1951 at Pittsburgh Hospital in Pittsburgh.{{cite news|title=Frank Piekarski, Retired Jurist, 71: Allegheny County Ex-Judge in Pennsylvania Is Dead -- Once All-American In Football|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 15, 1951|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/08/15/102271149.pdf}}{{cite news|title=Piekarski Requiem Mass Friday: Former Judge Stroke Victim|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=August 15, 1951|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=okgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gU0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1625,5428253&dq=frank+piekarski&hl=en}} In 2005, he was named to the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.{{Cite web| title = Frank Piekarski| publisher = National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame| date = June 9, 2005| url = http://polishsportshof.com/inductees/football/frank-piekarski/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101012182258/http://polishsportshof.com/inductees/football/frank-piekarski/| archive-date = October 12, 2010| url-status = dead}}