Frank Shipp

{{Short description|American football and baseball player (1884–1934)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Frank Shipp

| image = Frank Shipp, circa 1906.png

| caption = Shipp, {{Circa|1906}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|7|23}}

| birth_place = Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=y|1934|12|10|1884|7|23}}

| death_place = Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1906–1907

| player_team2 = Sewanee

| player_years3 = 1909

| player_team3 = Texas A&M

| player_sport4 = Baseball

| player_years5 = 1904

| player_team5 = Chattanooga

| player_years6 = 1908

| player_team6 = Vancouver Beavers

| player_years7 = 1912

| player_team7 = Anniston Models

| player_positions = Halfback, end (football)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1910–1911

| coach_team2 = Arizona

| overall_record = 8–1–1

| awards = 2× All-Southern (1906, 1907)
2nd team all-time Sewanee football team

}}

Frank Sterling "Skinny" Shipp (July 23, 1884 – December 10, 1934) was an American college football player and coach, and Minor League Baseball player. He played football at Sewanee: The University of the South in 1906 and 1907 and was a two-time All-Southern selection. After playing for a year at Texas A&M University in 1909, Shipp, served as the head football coach at the University of Arizona for two seasons, from 1910 to 1911, compiling a record of 8–1–1.

College football playing career

Shipp was a prominent halfback for the Sewanee Tigers football team of Sewanee: The University of the South, selected second-team for an all-time Sewanee team.{{cite journal|url=http://www.mocavo.com/Sewanee-Alumni-News-February-1949-Volume-15/969199/25|title=Sewanee's All-Time Football Team|journal=Sewanee Alumni News|date=February 1949}}

=1906=

Shipp was selected All-Southern at end by Dan McGugin.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vws7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA49|title=The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide|author=National Collegiate Athletic Association|date=1907|pages=27, 49|via=Google books}} {{Open access}}

=1907=

Shipp was selected All-Southern in 1907,{{cite news|url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/atlnewspapers/id:aga1907-4800|title=Memphis Commercial Appeal's All-Southern|work=Atlanta Georgian|date=December 7, 1907|via=Digital Library of Georgia|accessdate=March 5, 2015|archive-date=December 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210034056/https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/regions/atlanta/?docId=bookreader/aga/aga1907/aga1907-4800.mets.xml|url-status=dead}} {{Open access}} one of Sewanee's greatest years.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1944523//|work=Atlanta Constitution|title=Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had|date=February 19, 1911|accessdate=March 8, 2015|page=52|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2188607//|title=Tigers Are A Husky Bunch|date=November 9, 1907|page=11|accessdate=April 11, 2015|via=Newspapers.com|work=Atlanta Constitution}} {{Open access}}

Baseball career

Shipp played minor league baseball for the Denver Bears in the Western League.{{cite news|url=http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1907/VOL_50_NO_15/SL5015002.pdf|title=Condensed Dispatches|work=Sporting Life|date=December 21, 1907|page=2}}

Coaching career

Shipp was hired as the head football coach at the University of Arizona in 1910 and retained the following season.{{cite news |author= |title=University Challenged At Foot Ball |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star/136916739/ |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |location=Tucson, Arizona |date=October 16, 1910 |page=8 |access-date=December 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=University Men Are Ready For Football |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tucson-citizen/136916516/ |newspaper=Arizona Daily Star |location=Tucson, Arizona |date=September 15, 1911 |page=2 |access-date=December 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Late life and death

Shipp later worked at a private investigator in his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee and was active in politics there as a Democratic. He ran for criminal court clerk in 1930 and sherriff in 1934, losing both elections. Shipp died of an apparent heart attack, on December 10, 1934, at his place of business, in Chattanooga.{{cite news |author= |title=Frank S. Shipp |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chattanooga-daily-times/136916378/ |newspaper=Chattanooga Daily Times |location=Chattanooga, Tennessee |date=December 11, 1934 |page=5 |access-date=December 16, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}