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Frank Moseley

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Sport(s)
  
Football, baseball

1951–1960
  
Virginia Tech

Died
  
July 31, 1979

1931–1933
  
Alabama

1939–1941
  
Education
  
University of Alabama

1945
  
Maryland (assistant)

Name
  
Frank Moseley

Positions
  
1946–1950
  
Kentucky (backfield)

Role
  

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Born
  
April 22, 1911Montgomery, Alabama (
1911-04-22
)

Frank O'Rear Moseley (April 22, 1911 – July 31, 1979) was an American football player and coach, baseball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1951 to 1960, compiling a record of 54–42–4. His best season at Virginia Tech came in 1954, when his team went 8–0–1. Moselely was also the head baseball coach at the University of Kentucky (1939–1941, 1946, 1948–1950), tallying a mark of 60–55–1. In addition, he served as the athletic director at Virginia tech from 1951 to 1978, during which time he hired Jerry Claiborne, his successor as head football coach. Moseley was born in Montgomery, Alabama and died on July 31, 1979. He was elected to the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame as an inaugural member in 1982.

In 1979, Moseley was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

References

Frank Moseley Wikipedia


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