Frank Thompson

Education

North Carolina State University.

Career

He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1911 to 1913, compiling a record of 5–19. Thompson was also the head baseball coach at North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts—now North Carolina State University—from 1908 to 1911 and at Wake Forest from 1913 to 1914. A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, Thompson graduated from North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical in 1909.

He played on the school"s varsity football team from 1905 to 1908 and the varsity baseball team from 1906 to 1908.

Martin served as a lieutenant in 15th Machine Gun Battalion during World War I. He was killed in action on September 13, 1918 at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel.

Achievements

• While playing with Cliftonville, Thompson won the Irish League once and the Irish Cup twice. Thompson later signed with Bradford City in 1910, and in his three years at Bradford, Thompson won the 1911 FA Cup Final and earned seven international caps for Ireland - twelve in total between 1910 and 1914.