Gordon B. Frost

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1881–1933)}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = Gordon B. Frost

| image = Gordon B. Frost.png

| alt =

| caption = Frost pictured in the Eugene Guard, 1907

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|10|19}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1933|5|29|1881|10|19}}

| death_place =

| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1902

| player_team1 = Dartmouth

| player_positions = Tackle

| coach_years1 = 1903–1904

| coach_team1 = Alfred

| coach_years2 = 1905–1906

| coach_team2 = Seattle HS (WA)

| coach_years3 = 1907

| coach_team3 = Oregon

| overall_record = 9–8–1 (college)

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Gordon Bennett Frost (October 19, 1881 – May 29, 1933) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Alfred University in Alfred, New York from 1903 to 1904 and at the University of Oregon for one season, in 1907, compiling a career college football coaching record of 9–8–1. Frost attended Dartmouth College, where he played football in 1902. He coached high school football in Seattle in 1905 and 1906.{{cite news |author= |title=Bezdek's Successor—Chosen at U of O.—Former Coach to Study Medicine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22996566/corvallis_gazette/ |newspaper=Corvallis Gazette |location=Corvallis, Oregon |date=May 10, 1907 |page=1 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |title=Seattle boys are in demand |agency=Seattle Daily Times |date=July 7, 1907 |pages=16}}

Head coaching record

=College=

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Alfred Saxons

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1903

| endyear = 1904

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1903

| name = Alfred

| overall = 4–4

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1904

| name = Alfred

| overall = 0–3–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Alfred

| overall = 4–7–1

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}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Oregon Webfoots

| conf = Independent

| startyear = 1907

| endyear = single

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1907

| name = Oregon

| overall = 5–1

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Oregon

| overall = 5–1

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}}

{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 9–8–1

| bowls = no

| poll = no

| polltype =

| legend = no

}}

References

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