Education
He had offers from universities in Canada and the United States but decided on the University of Western Ontario where he graduated in Honours Business Administration in 1960.
He had offers from universities in Canada and the United States but decided on the University of Western Ontario where he graduated in Honours Business Administration in 1960.
Born in Hamilton, he has devoted his life to sport. Growing up in Hamilton, he played baseball with Russian Jackson and Murray Oliver in the Hamilton Police Minor Baseball Association. He attracted offers from the Cleveland Indians,Milwaukee Braves and Kansas City Athletics.
He played Junior and senior intercounty baseball with Hamilton teams.
He was also a noted fastball pitcher and played basketball through his years at Cathedral High School and one year with the University of Western Ontario Mustangs BlackBerry team His football career began with the Hamilton Old Boys Football Association and later as a quarterback at Cathedral High School in 1954.
While at Western he played four season with the Mustangs, winning championships in 1957 and 1959. He was Hamilton Tiger-Cats" first draft choice in 1960
As a professional he played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League from 1960 to 1969.
In Edmonton,he was selected the team"s top Canadian vying for the Schenley Canadian Award.in 1967.
Cosentino"s career was noteworthy in that he was one of the last Canadian quarterbacks to see significant playing time in the Canadian Football League. While playing in the Canadian Football League, Cosentino continued his education after having graduated from Western in 1960 with an HBA. He acquired a Bachelor of Physical Education degree at McMaster in 1967, a Master of Arts from U of Alberta in 1969, followed by a Doctor of Philosophy from Alberta in 1973. From 1976 through 1981 he served at York University in Toronto as professor and chair of Physical Education and Athletics and also coached for 7 more years. He retired from the university in 1997.
Cosentino is also known for authoring seventeen books, three of which are on Canadian football, mostly on the history of sport in Canada.
Earned degrees: Bachelor of Arts (Business Administration) Western University, Bachelor of Physical Health & Education (BPHE) McMaster University (1967), Masters and Doctoral Degrees, University of Alberta (Edmonton). Frank Cosentino Books.
The League championship was won in 1954. The team went to the Red Feather game in 1955 and were league finalists that year. His last game with Western was as Captain and quarterback in the inaugural Canadian Intercollegiate championship contest versus University of British Columbia Thunderbirds, a 34-12 win for Western. With Hamilton, he was in five Grey Cup games from "61 to "65, winning Grey Cups in 1963 and 1965. His year with Toronto was stifled by what Leo Cahill called "an act of God" when Ottawa and Russian Jackson erased an 8 point Toronto lead to defeat the Argos, represent the East, and win the 1969 Grey Cup game. During six years of teaching and coaching at the University of Western Ontario, his teams won the Vanier Cup in 1971 and 1974.
