Frank Forbes

Franklin Lindsay Forbes (March 30, 1891 – August 19, 1983) was a Negro league infielder for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and was an American football and basketball coach.

Frank Forbes
Infielder
Born: (1891-03-30)March 30, 1891
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: April 19, 1983(1983-04-19) (aged 92)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
debut
1913, for the Philadelphia Giants
Last appearance
1919, for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
Teams
Coaching career
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1932–1933Morehouse
1935–1942Morehouse
1945–1949Morehouse
Basketball
1932–1934Morehouse
1935–1943Morehouse
1945–1964Morehouse
Head coaching record
Overall45–57–14 (football)
298–327 (basketball)

Biography

Nicknamed "Strangler" and sometimes appearing as "Joe" Forbes, he played for his hometown team Philadelphia Giants at the age of 22. He moved on to the Lincoln Stars and Lincoln Giants for a number of years before returning to Pennsylvania.

In 1917, 26 year-old Forbes registered for the WWI draft. He listed his occupation as a porter for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was listed as married. He also listed his home address as 200 N. 131st Street in New York City as his home address. And he listed his mother and wife as dependents.[3]

Forbes served three stints as the head football coach (1932–1933, 1935–1942, 1945–1949) at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.[4] Morehouse's Forbes Arena is named after him.

Forbes died at the age of 92 in his hometown of Philadelphia in 1983.

References
  1. "Lincoln Giants Adds Another Brace of Victories to its Brace" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 20, 1916, Page 4, Column 4
  2. "Hilldale Loses One" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday Morning, June 6, 1919, Page 4, Column 4
  3. "WWI Draft Registration Card for Frank Forbes," Precinct 27, Ward 30, New York, New York, June 5, 1917
  4. "Franklin L. Forbes". Morehouse Maroon Tigers. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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