Fred Mackey

{{Short description|American football and baseball player and coach (1904–1987)}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Fred Mackey

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|4|30}}

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|7|2|1904|4|30}}

| death_place = Sun City, Arizona, U.S.

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| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1922–1925

| player_team2 = Ohio State

| player_sport3 = Baseball

| player_years4 = 1923–1926

| player_team4 = Ohio State

| player_positions = Lineman (football)
Catcher (baseball)

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1927–1931

| coach_team2 = Ohio Wesleyan (line)

| coach_years3 = 1932–1934

| coach_team3 = Butler

| coach_years4 = 1935–1943

| coach_team4 = Ohio State (assistant)

| coach_sport5 = Baseball

| coach_years6 = 1930–1932

| coach_team6 = Ohio Wesleyan

| coach_years7 = 1939–1944

| coach_team7 = Ohio State

| overall_record = 10–11–2 (football)
99–75 (baseball)

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| championships = Football
1 IIC (1934)

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Frederick C. "Fritz" Mackey (April 30, 1904 – July 2, 1987) was an American college football and college baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Butler University from 1932 to 1934, compiling a record of 10–11–2. Mackey was also the head baseball coach at Ohio Wesleyan University from 1930 to 1932,{{cite web|url=https://owu_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/files/ba/2018/ba18.pdf|title=Frederick Mackey|publisher=Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops baseball|access-date=December 30, 2018}} and at his alma mater, Ohio State University, from 1939 to 1944, tallying a career college baseball coaching mark of 99–75.{{cite news|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/salem-news-apr-24-1944-p-6/|title=Ohio State baseball|publisher=Salem News|date=April 24, 1944|access-date=March 16, 2019}}

Mackey played football and baseball at Ohio State, before graduating in 1926. He was also an assistant football coach at Ohio State from 1935 to 1944 and a member of the staff for the national championship-winning 1942 Ohio State Buckeyes football team. After leaving coaching, Mackey worked for an actuary firm. He retired around 1970 to Sun City, Arizona, where he died in July 1987.{{cite news |author= |title=Ex-Butler coach dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29628746/the_indianapolis_star/ |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |date=July 5, 1987 |page=7D |access-date=March 17, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}