Franklin Cappon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Franklin Cappon

American college football player, college basketball player, college basketball coach, college football coach

Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1900

Place of Birth: Holland, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 29-Nov-1961

Profession: military officer, basketball coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Franklin C.
"Cappy" Cappon (October 17, 1900 – November 29, 1961) was a college athlete and coach.
He played football and basketball at Phillips University and the University of Michigan and coached basketball and football at Luther College (1923–1924), the University of Kansas (1926–1927), the University of Michigan (1925, 1928–1938), and Princeton University (1938–1961). The son of a wealthy leather manufacturer in Holland, Michigan, Cappon was a star athlete in both basketball and football, and was named to All-Western football teams in 1920, 1921, and 1922.
Before accepting a position at Princeton, Cappon was an assistant athletic director and basketball coach at Michigan from 1928 to 1938.
In 23 years at Princeton, Cappon won five Ivy League championships, and his trademark "five-man weave" offense became closely identified with the program.
He was a mentor at Princeton to a generation of student-athletes, including Butch van Breda Kolff, Bill Bradley and Frank Deford.
Cappon died at age 61 of a heart attack in the showers at Princeton's Dillon Gymnasium after a basketball practice session.