Frank Fessenden Dole (December 25, 1859 – May 22, 1939) was an American

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 in the United States, American football rules first gained populari ...

coach, dog breeder, and journalist. He was the first head football coach at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest- ...

, serving from 1885 to 1887, and leading the

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to a record of 23–20–1 in three seasons. Dole was born on December 25, 1859, in

Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropo ...

. As a dog breeder, he specialized in

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s. Dole joined the ''

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'' in 1912 as a writer, and remained on the newspaper's staff until 1938, when he retired as kennel editor. He died on May 22, 1939, at his home in

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Head coaching record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dole, Frank 1859 births 1939 deaths Dog breeders New York Herald Tribune people Penn Quakers football coaches Sportspeople from Portland, Maine Sportswriters from New York (state) Coaches of American football from Maine