Wesley Fry
American football player, coach, and executive (1902–1970) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wesley Leonard "Cowboy" Fry (December 10, 1902 – November 11, 1970) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, and professional football executive. He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma City University in 1933 and at Kansas State University from 1935 to 1939, tallying a career college football coach mark of 26–22–6. Fry was also the head baseball coach at Kansas State from 1935 to 1938 and at Northwestern University from 1944 to 1946, compiling a career college baseball record of 53–53–2. He later served as director of player personnel and then as general manager with the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL) from 1960 to 1963.
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1902-12-10)December 10, 1902 Hartley, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | November 11, 1970(1970-11-11) (aged 67) La Mesa, California, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1923–1925 | Iowa |
1926–1927 | New York Yankees |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1928–1932 | Classen HS (OK) |
1933 | Oklahoma City |
1934 | Kansas State (assistant) |
1935–1939 | Kansas State |
1940–1946 | Northwestern (assistant) |
1947–1956 | California (assistant) |
Baseball | |
1935–1938 | Kansas State |
1944–1946 | Northwestern |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1960–1963 | Oakland Raiders (GM) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 26–22–6 (college football) 44–9–1 (high school football) 53–53–2 (college baseball) |