Sport(s) Football, baseball 1908–1911 North Carolina A&M Career end 1908 1905–1908 North Carolina A&M Overall 5–19 (football) Career start 1905, 1906 | 1906–1908 North Carolina A&M Name Frank Thompson Position Fullback, Catcher 1911–1913 Wake Forest Role American football player | |
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Born April 21, 1886
Raleigh, North Carolina ( 1886-04-21 ) Died September 13, 1918, Saint-Mihiel, France Teams coached Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball (Head coach, 1913–1914) | ||
Frank Martin Thompson (April 21, 1886 – September 13, 1918) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1911 to 1913, compiling a record of 5–19. Thompson was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now North Carolina State University—from 1908 to 1911 and at Wake Forest from 1913 to 1914. A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Thompson graduated from North Carolina A&M in 1909. He played on the school's varsity football team from 1905 to 1908 and the varsity baseball team from 1906 to 1908. Martin served as a lieutenant in 15th Machine Gun Battalion during World War I. He was killed in action on September 13, 1918 at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel.