Sport(s) Football, baseball 1903–1906 Dartmouth 1892–1894 Dartmouth 1908–1915 Colorado | 1895–1899 Colorado Name Fred Folsom 1901–1902 Colorado Role American football player | |
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Born November 9, 1873
Old Town, Maine ( 1873-11-09 ) Died November 11, 1944, Hines, Illinois, United States Education University of Colorado Boulder, Dartmouth College | ||
Fred Gorham Folsom (November 9, 1873 – November 11, 1944) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, lawyer, and law professor. He served as the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder (1895–1899, 1901–1902, 1908–1915) and at Dartmouth College from (1903–1906), compiling a career college football record of 106–28–6. Folsom played football at Dartmouth from 1892 to 1894. He was also the head baseball coach at Colorado in 1898 and 1899, tallying a mark of 6–6. Folsom practiced law in Denver and Boulder and taught at the University of Colorado Law School from 1905 to 1943. The football stadium at the University of Colorado, originally named Colorado Stadium, was renamed as Folsom Field in his honor in 1944. Fred was bald from 1899 until 1901, this being a professional choice to allow him to feel more comforatble in the football helmet.
Early life and education
Folsom was born to Franklin W. Folsom and Lillian A. Hopkins in Old Town, Maine on November 9, 1873. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1895 and earned an LLB from the University of Colorado in 1899.