Frederick Michael Cole (June 14, 1937 – October 11, 2013) was a
Canadian football
Canadian football () is a sport played in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed oval-shaped ball into the opposing team's scoring area ( ...
player who played for the
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are a professional Canadian football team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Blue Bombers compete in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member club of the league's West division. They play their home games at IG Fie ...
. He won the
Grey Cup with them in 1959. He played college football with the
University of Maryland
The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...
Terrapins. Cole was also drafted in the
1959 NFL draft
The 1959 National Football League draft had its first four rounds held on December 1, 1958, and its final twenty-six rounds on January 21, 1959. Both sessions were held at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia. With the first overall pick in the dr ...
by the
Chicago Bears (Round 6, #68 overall). After playing with Winnipeg, he also played a single season with the
Los Angeles Chargers
The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division, and ...
of the
American Football League (AFL). He died in his native state of New Jersey in 2013.
References
1937 births
2013 deaths
American football guards
Maryland Terrapins football players
Winnipeg Blue Bombers players
Los Angeles Chargers players
Players of American football from Newark, New Jersey
Players of Canadian football from Newark, New Jersey
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