Schmidt, Francis (Francis Albert), 1885-1944
Person
Biography
Francis Albert “Close the Gates of Mercy” Schmidt was football coach at Henry Kendall College in Tulsa beginning in 1915. In 1919 he became head football coach, which post he held until 1922, the year Kendall College became the University of Tulsa. He then went on to coach at the University of Arkansas, Texas Christian University, and Ohio State University. At Ohio he won two Big Ten Conference championships and was eventually inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Francis Albert Schmidt scrapbooks, 1911-1922
File
Identifier: 1979-017
Content Description
4 volumes of scrapbooks of TU athletic and other events. At least one volume contains photographs of WWI era soldiers training.
Dates:
1911 - 1922
Filtered By
- Subject: World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs. X