Frank E. Brogger (June 11, 1923 – July 23, 1988) was a minor league baseball player and an American football player and coach.[1] He served as the head football coach at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa from 1951 to 1954 after having been a high school coach in the Saginaw, Michigan area.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 11, 1923 Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | July 23, 1988 (aged 65) Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1944 | Michigan State |
| Baseball | |
| 1944 | York White Roses |
| Position(s) | End (football) pitcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1947–1949 | Saginaw St. Andrews HS (MI) |
| 1951–1954 | St. Ambrose |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 19–17 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Iowa Conference (1951) 1 Iowa Conference Southern Division (1951) | |
Brogger spent one season with the York White Roses of the Class B Interstate League in 1944.[3]
Head coaching record edit
College edit
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Ambrose Fighting Bees (Iowa Conference / Midlands Conference) (1951) | |||||||||
| 1951 | St. Ambrose | 9–2 | 5–0 / 2–1 | 1st (Southern) / 2md | |||||
| St. Ambrose Fighting Bees (Midlands Conference) (1952) | |||||||||
| 1952 | St. Ambrose | 4–5 | 2–2 | 3rd | |||||
| St. Ambrose Fighting Bees (Independent) (1953–1954) | |||||||||
| 1953 | St. Ambrose | 2–6 | |||||||
| 1954 | St. Ambrose | 4–4 | |||||||
| St. Ambrose: | 19–17 | 9–3 | |||||||
| Total: | 19–17 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ "Frank Brogger". Fairfield Daily Ledger. November 15, 1951. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "St. Andrews Football Teams 1947-1948-1949". Saginaw County Sports. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ "Frank Brogger". Baseball-Reference Player Register. Retrieved December 6, 2018.