Forrest William "Frosty" England (October 29, 1912 – June 25, 2002) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State College—now known as

Arkansas State University Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osa ...

—from 1946 to 1953 and at the

University of Toledo The University of Toledo (UToledo or UT) is a public research university in Toledo, Ohio. It is the northernmost campus of the University System of Ohio. The university also operates a Health Science campus, which includes the University of T ...

from 1954 to 1955, compiling a career

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

record of 57–29–11. England was the author of the book ''Coaching the T Formation: A Veritable Bible of T Formation Coaching Information for Coaches and Players'' published in 1948. England earned a bachelor's degree from

Illinois College Illinois College is a private liberal arts college in Jacksonville, Illinois. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (USA). It was the second college founded in Illinois, but the first to grant a degree ( ...

and a master's degree from the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...

. After retiring from coaching he had a career in real estate.

Head coaching record

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* 1912 births 2002 deaths American real estate businesspeople Arkansas State Red Wolves football coaches Toledo Rockets athletic directors Toledo Rockets football coaches High school football coaches in Illinois High school football coaches in Missouri Illinois College alumni University of Missouri alumni {{1940s-collegefootball-coach-stub