Frank Irving Cleve (December 20, 1899 – August 12, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and minor league baseball player.[1] He served as the head football coach at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota from 1926 to 1935, compiling a record of 30–30–13.[2] Cleve was also the head basketball coach at Concordia from 1927 to 1936, tallying a mark of 86–84.[3]
Cleve attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. In 1925, he was hired as athletic coach at Spokane College in Spokane, Washington, succeeding Abe Cohn.[4][5]
Cleve died on August 12, 1970, at South Fairview Hospital in Edina, Minnesota, following an illness that began in January of that year.[6]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane College Chieftains (Columbia Valley Conference) (1925) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Spokane College | 2–1 | 2nd | ||||||
| Spokane College: | 2–1 | ||||||||
| Concordia Cobbers (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1926–1935) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Concordia | 0–7 | 0–4 | 7th | |||||
| 1927 | Concordia | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1928 | Concordia | 3–1–2 | 2–1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1929 | Concordia | 2–3–1 | 1–2–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1930 | Concordia | 4–3–1 | 2–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1931 | Concordia | 5–2–1 | 4–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1932 | Concordia | 2–2–3 | 1–1–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1933 | Concordia | 2–3–3 | 2–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1934 | Concordia | 7–1–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1935 | Concordia | 1–6–1 | 0–3–1 | T–6th | |||||
| Concordia: | 30–30–13 | 16–18–8 | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Frank Cleve". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Frank Cleve". Concordia Cobbers. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Coaches Records". Concordia Cobbers. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Cleve Follows Cohn". The Spokane Press. Spokane, Washington. July 28, 1925. p. 6. Retrieved January 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ "Revise Curricula At Spokane "U"". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. August 6, 1925. p. 6. Retrieved January 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Frank Cleve Dies". The Minneapolis Star. Minneapolis, Minnesota. August 13, 1970. p. 1D. Retrieved July 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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