Frank Thompson (coach), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frank Thompson (coach)

American football player and coach, baseball player and coach

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1886

Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 13-Sep-1918

Profession: baseball player, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Frank Martin Thompson (April 21, 1886 – September 13, 1918) was an American football and baseball player and coach.
He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1911 to 1913, compiling a record of 5–19.
Thompson was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now North Carolina State University—from 1908 to 1911 and at Wake Forest from 1913 to 1914.
A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Thompson graduated from North Carolina A&M in 1909.
He played on the school's varsity football team from 1905 to 1908 and the varsity baseball team from 1906 to 1908.
Martin served as a lieutenant in 15th Machine Gun Battalion during World War I.
He was killed in action on September 13, 1918 at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel.