Garland Frazier
{{Short description|American sports coach (1917–1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Garland Frazier
| image = Garland D Frazier.JPG
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|4|5}}
| birth_place = Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|1|11|1917|4|5}}
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Ball State (1941)
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1938–1940
| player_team2 = Ball State
| player_years3 = 1944
| player_team3 = Norman NAS
| player_sport4 = Track
| player_years5 = {{Circa|1940}}
| player_team5 = Ball State
| player_positions = Fullback, tackle (football)
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1946–1948
| coach_team2 = Bicknell HS (IN)
| coach_years3 = 1949–1950
| coach_team3 = Hanover
| coach_years4 = 1951–1960
| coach_team4 = Wabash
| coach_sport5 = Basketball
| coach_years7 = 1946–1949
| coach_team7 = Bicknell HS (IN)
| coach_years8 = 1949–1950
| coach_team8 = Hanover
| coach_sport9 = Basketball
| coach_years10 = 1946–1949
| coach_team10 = Bicknell HS (IN)
| coach_years11 = c. 1950
| coach_team11 = Hanover
| overall_record = 59–41–7 (college football)
15–11 (college basketball)
| bowl_record = 0–1
| tournament_record =
| championships = Football
1 Hoosier (1949)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Garland D. Frazier (April 5, 1917 – January 11, 1991) was an American football, basketball, and track and field coach. He served as the head football coach at Hanover College in Hanover, Indiana from 1949 to 1950 and Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana from 1951 to 1960, compiling a career college football coaching record of 59–41–7. Frazier was also the head basketball coach at Hanover for one season, in 1949–1950, tallying a mark of 15–11.
Playing career and military service
Frazier attended Bicknell High School in Bicknell, Indiana, where he played football and basketball, before graduating in 1935. He moved on to Indiana University, lettering for the freshman football team in 1935. Frazier transferred to Ball State Teachers College—now known as Ball State University—Muncie, Indiana, where played for three seasons as a fullback and lettered in track.
After graduating from Ball State in 1940 with a Bachelor of Science in physical education in 1940, he briefly taught and coached basketball in Guilford, Indiana before joining the United States Navy. During World War II, he was stationed at Naval Air Station Norman in Norman, Oklahoma. There he played for the Norman Naval Air Station Zoomers football as a tackle and was a teammate of Emil Sitko, who later started at the University of Notre Dame and in the National Football League (NFL).{{cite news |author= |title=Frazier-Bicknell Coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38963074/the_bedford_dailytimes_mail/ |newspaper=The Bedford Daily-Times Mail |location=Bedford, Indiana |date=November 30, 1936 |page=12 |access-date=November 13, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Coaching career
After earning a master's degree from the University of Oklahoma, Frazier returned to Bicknell High School in 1946, where he coached football, basketball, and track for three seasons.{{cite news |author= |title=Garland Frazier Resigns Bickbell Athletic Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38962968/the_terre_haute_star/ |newspaper=The Herland |location=Jasper, Indiana |date=February 19, 1949 |page=6 |access-date=November 13, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Garland Frazier Takes Hanover Grid, Cage, Job |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38962968/the_terre_haute_star/ |newspaper=The Terre Haute Star |location=Terre Haute, Indiana |agency=Associated Press |date=April 1, 1949 |page=32 |access-date=November 13, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Frazier was the 24th head football coach at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, serving for ten seasons, from 1951 to 1960, and compiling a record of 48–35–6.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/ncac/wabash/coaching_records.php Wabash College coaching records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121010223/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/ncac/wabash/coaching_records.php |date=November 21, 2010 }}{{cite web |author= |title=Frazier, Garland D. |url=http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/154 |publisher=Indiana football Hall of Fame |access-date=November 13, 2019 }}
Head coaching record
=College football=
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Hanover Panthers
| conf = Hoosier Conference
| startyear = 1949
| endyear = 1950
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1949
| name = Hanover
| overall = 8–1
| conference = 6–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Burley Bowl
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1950
| name = Hanover
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Hanover
| overall = 11–6–1
| confrecord = 8–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Wabash Little Giants
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1951
| endyear = 1960
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1951
| name = Wabash
| overall = 7–0–1
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1952
| name = Wabash
| overall = 5–4
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1953
| name = Wabash
| overall = 6–2–1
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| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1954
| name = Wabash
| overall = 7–1–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1955
| name = Wabash
| overall = 5–3–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1956
| name = Wabash
| overall = 6–2–1
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1957
| name = Wabash
| overall = 5–4
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| ranking = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1958
| name = Wabash
| overall = 3–6
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1959
| name = Wabash
| overall = 3–5–1
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1960
| name = Wabash
| overall = 1–8
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Wabash
| overall = 48–35–6
| confrecord =
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 59–41–7
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
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References
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{{Hanover Panthers football coach navbox}}
{{Wabash Little Giants football coach navbox}}
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Category:American football fullbacks
Category:American football tackles
Category:Ball State Cardinals football players
Category:Ball State Cardinals men's track and field athletes
Category:Basketball coaches from Indiana
Category:Hanover Panthers football coaches
Category:Hanover Panthers men's basketball coaches
Category:Norman Naval Air Station Zoomers football players
Category:Wabash Little Giants football coaches
Category:High school basketball coaches in Indiana
Category:High school football coaches in Indiana
Category:United States Navy personnel of World War II
Category:University of Oklahoma alumni
Category:Players of American football from Indiana
Category:Track and field athletes from Indiana
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