Sumner Alvord Dole (1892 – January 22, 1997) was an
American football
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,
basketball
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and
baseball
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and coach. He served as the head football coach at the
University of Connecticut
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from 1923 to 1933, compiling a record of 36–39–14. Dole was also the head basketball coach at the
University of Massachusetts from 1917 to 1918 and Connecticut from 1923 to 1927, amassing a career
college basketball
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coaching record of 45–35.
Head coaching record
Football
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1892 births
1997 deaths
UConn Huskies football coaches
UConn Huskies men's basketball coaches
UConn Huskies baseball coaches
UMass Minutemen basketball coaches
UMass Minutemen football players