en Ben Douglas (American football)

Ben Douglas
Biographical details
Born	March 12, 1909; Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Died	December 4, 1985 (aged 76); Brandon, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1928–1930	Grinnell
1933	Brooklyn Dodgers
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1931	Greenfield HS (IA)
1934–1939	Maplewood HS (MO)
1940–1941	Grinnell
1946	Grinnell
1947	Colorado College
1949	Missouri Mines (assistant)
1950–1951	Iowa (assistant)
Basketball
1931–1932	Cornell (IA)
1940–1942	Grinnell
1949–1950	Missouri Mines
1950–?	Iowa (assistant)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1947–1948	Colorado College
Head coaching record
Overall	15–12 (college football)

Frank Benjamin Douglas (March 12, 1909 – December 4, 1985) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa from 1940 to 1941 and again in 1946 and at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1947, compiling a career college football coaching record of18–17. Douglas played college football at Grinnell from 128 to 1930 and then professionally for one season, in 1933, with the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League (NFL).^[1] Douglas was also the head basketball coach at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa from 1931 to 1932, Grinnell from m 1940 to 1942, and the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now known as Missouri University of Science and Technology—from 1949 to 1950.^[2]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Grinnell Pioneers (Midwest Conference) (1940–1941)
1940	Grinnell	5–4	4–2	3rd
1941	Grinnell	6–3	4–2	3rd
Grinnell Pioneers (Midwest Conference) (1946)
1946	Grinnell	3–5	2–4	T–6th
Grinnell:		14–12	10–8
Colorado College Tigers (Rocky Mountain Conference) (1947)
1947	Colorado College	4–5	2–1	2nd
Colorado College:		4–5	2–1
Total:		18–17

^ "Frank Douglas". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
^ "Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). minerathletics.com. Retrieved July 11, 2018.