Fred Gorham Folsom (November 9, 1873 – November 11, 1944) was an
American football
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player, coach of football and
baseball
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, lawyer, and law professor. He served as the head football coach at the
University of Colorado Boulder
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(1895–1899, 1901–1902, 1908–1915) and at
Dartmouth College
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from (1903–1906), compiling a career
college football
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record of 106–28–6. Folsom played football at Dartmouth from 1892 to 1894. He was also the head baseball coach at Colorado in 1898 and 1899, tallying a mark of 6–6. Folsom practiced law in
Denver
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and
Boulder
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In ...
and taught at the
University of Colorado Law School
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from 1905 to 1943. The football stadium at the University of Colorado, originally named Colorado Stadium, was renamed as
Folsom Field
Folsom Field is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder. It is the home field of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Pac-12 Conference.
Opened in 1924, th ...
in his honor in 1944.
Early life and education
Folsom was born to Franklin W. Folsom and Lillian A. Hopkins in
Old Town, Maine
Old Town is a city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 7,431 at the 2020 census. The city's developed area is chiefly located on the relatively large Marsh Island, though its boundaries extend beyond that. The island i ...
on November 9, 1873. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1895 and earned an LLB from the University of Colorado in 1899.
Head coaching record
Football
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1944 deaths
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