Francis Schmidt. Albert

Background

Albert, Francis Schmidt, was born on December 3, 1885 in Downs, Kansas, United States. Son of Francis Walter and Emma Katherine (Mohrbacher) S.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, University of Nebraska, 1907.

Career

Admitted to Nebraska bar, 1907. Practiced in Nebraska and Kansas, 1907-1910. Coach of athletic sports in Arkansas City, Kansas, to 1915.

Director of athletics and athletics coach, Kendall College, 1915-1919, University of Tulsa, 1920-1921, University of Arkansas, 1922-1928.

Head football and basketball coach, Texas Christian University, 1929-1933. Head football coach, Ohio State University, 1934-1940.

Head football coach, University of Idaho, since 1941.

Achievements

• Francis Schmidt. Albert has been listed as a noteworthy football coach. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served captain 347th Infantry, 87th Division, United States Army, 1917-1919. Member American Football Coaches Association, American Legion, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Theta Nu Epsilon. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle, 32°, Shriner), Elk.

Member Rotary International.

Connections

Married Evelyn Keesce, June 9, 1926.

Father:

Francis Walter South.

Mother:

Emma Katherine (Mohrbacher) South.

Spouse:

Evelyn Keesce