Frank Alvin Yocum (December 11, 1892 – June 29, 1970) was an American football player and coach. Yocum attended Oberlin High School graduating in 1910 and Oberlin College graduation 1915.[2] He played professional football as a halfback for the 1916 Cleveland Indians.[3]
Yocum coached the Western Reserve football team for two seasons, from 1917 to 1918, while attending the Western Reserve Dental School.[4]
In 1990, 20 years after his death, Yocum was inducted into the Case Western Reserve Spartans sports Hall of Fame.[5]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Reserve (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1917–1918) | |||||||||
| 1917 | Western Reserve | 3–5–1 | 3–4–1 | ||||||
| 1918 | Western Reserve | 5–2 | 5–1 | ||||||
| Western Reserve: | 8–7–1 | 8–5–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–7–1 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "The Reserve Weekly 11 October 1916 — Case Western Reserve University". newspapers.case.edu.
- ^ The Oberlin Alumni Magazine, Oberlin, Ohio, August 1970, p. 46.
- ^ "Frank Yocum Stats - Pro Football Archives".
- ^ "Frank A. Yocum". case.edu.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Members". Case Western Reserve.
