Oliver Frost Cutts (August 6, 1873 – August 4, 1939) was an

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player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at

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(1903–1904), the

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(1905), and

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(1922–1923), compiling a career college football record of 23–18–3. Cutts was also the

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at Purdue from 1904 to 1905 and again from 1915 to 1918. He died on August 4, 1939 at his home in the

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neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Coaching career

From 1903 to 1904, Cutts coached at

, where he compiled a 13–5 record. This included a 9–3 season in 1904, where the Boilermakers outscored opponents 176–66. In 1905, he coached at the

, where he compiled a 4–2–2 record.

Head coaching record

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