Frank Barbour
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
April 3, 1870 Bangor, Maine |
| Died | February 4, 1948 (aged 77) Canajoharie, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1890–1891 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1892–1893 | Michigan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 14–8 |
Francis Edward "Frank" Barbour (April 3, 1870 – February 4, 1948) was an American football player, coach, and businessman. He played quarterback for the Yale University football team in 1890 and 1891 and helped lead the 1891 Yale team to a perfect 13–0 record and a national championship. He was the head coach of the University of Michigan football team in 1892 and 1893, compiling an overall record of 14–8 in two years as head coach. Barbour later had a lengthy business career. After spending 17 years with the New York Central Railroad, he joined the Beech-Nut Packing Company in 1910 and established its chewing gum business. He remained with Beech-Nut for 38 years and served as chairman of the board from 1946 to 1948.
Barbour was born in Bangor, Maine in 1870. His father, William McLeod Barbour (1827–1899), was a minister who emigrated from Scotland to the United States in 1851, and became a professor of theology at Yale University. His mother was Eliza A. (Ransom) Barbour, a native of New York. At the time of the 1880 Census, Barbour was ten years old and residing in New Haven, Connecticut with his parents and four older siblings. Barbour attended the public schools in New Haven, and subsequently enrolled at the Phillips Exeter Academy. He was the captain of Exeter's football team in 1888.
Barbour attended Yale University and graduated Ph.B. at Yale's Sheffield Scientific School in 1892. While at Yale, he was the quarterback of the Yale Bulldogs football teams of 1890 and 1891. The 1891 Yale team was coached by Walter Camp and included College Football Hall of Fame inductees, Pudge Heffelfinger, Frank Hinkey, Josh Hartwell and Lee McClung. With Barbour as the starting quarterback, the 1891 team finished with a perfect 13–0 record and a national championship. In November 1891, The New York Times wrote: "Barbour has made great improvements since last year, and is one of the best men on the Yale team. He is cool, passes well and sure, uses his signals to good advantage and is an excellent player. He is considered a much superior player to the Harvard quarterback."
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