Fred Vail

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Frederick Clifton Vail (July 31, 1875 – February 1, 1954) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—in 1903, at Gettysburg College from 1904 to 1906 and again from 1909 to 1911, and at Earlham College from 1907 to 1908, compiling a career college football record of 46–31–5. At Gettysburg, Vail was also the head basketball coach from 1908 to 1914 and the head baseball coach in 1910 and 1911.

Fred Vail

Biographical details
Born	(1875-07-31)July 31, 1875 Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 1, 1954(1954-02-01) (aged 78) Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1902	Penn (assistant)
1903	Richmond
1904–1906	Gettysburg
1907–1908	Earlham
1909–1911	Gettysburg
Basketball
1907–1909	Earlham
1908–1914	Gettysburg
Baseball
1908–1909	Earlham
1908–1911	Gettysburg
Head coaching record
Overall	46–31–5 (football) 52–51 (basketball) 14–25–1 (baseball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football 1 EVIAA (1903)

Coaching career

Vail was an assistant at Germantown Academy in Philadelphia and then the University of Pennsylvania under Carl S. Williams.^[2][3]

Vail was the 14th head football coach at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia, serving for one season, in 1903, and compiling a record of 6–3–1.

Death

Vail died on February 1, 1954, in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.^[4]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Richmond Spiders (Eastern Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1903)
1903	Richmond	6–3–1	3–0	1st
Richmond:		6–3–1	3–0
Gettysburg Bullets (Independent) (1904–1906)
1904	Gettysburg	5–3–2
1905	Gettysburg	7–3
1906	Gettysburg	7–1–2
Earlham Quakers (Independent) (1907–1908)
1907	Earlham	5–3
1908	Earlham	2–5
Earlham:		7–8
Gettysburg Bullets (Independent) (1909–1911)
1909	Gettysburg	4–5
1910	Gettysburg	6–3
1911	Gettysburg	4–5
Gettysburg:		33–20–4
Total:		46–31–5
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. Bailey, John Wendell (1949). "Football at the University of Richmond, 1878-1948".
2. "Vail Selected As Earlham Coach". Evening Item. Richmond, Indiana. July 25, 1907. p. 3. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
3. "New Coach For Earlham". The Star Press. Muncie, Indiana. August 9, 1907. p. 7. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
4. "Vail". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. August 9, 1907. p. 7. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

• Frederick Clifton Vail at Find a Grave