Frank Cleve
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 20, 1899 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | August 12, 1970 (aged 70) Edina, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | St. Olaf (1925) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1921–1924 | St. Olaf |
| Basketball | |
| 1921–1925 | St. Olaf |
| Baseball | |
| 1921 | Aberdeen Grays |
| 1922–1924 | St. Olaf |
| 1922 | Sioux Falls Soos |
| 1923 | Lincoln Links |
| 1924 | Sioux Falls Canaries |
| 1933 | Fargo–Moorhead Twins |
| Positions | End (football) Forward (basketball) Second baseman, third baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1925 | Spokane College |
| 1926–1935 | Concordia |
| 1936–1941 | South HS (MN) (assistant) |
| Basketball | |
| 1925–1926 | Spokane College |
| 1927–1936 | Concordia |
| 1936–1942 | South HS (MN) |
| 1942–? | Camden HS (MN) |
| Baseball | |
| 1926 | Spokane College |
| 1928–1932 | Concordia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 86–84 (college basketball) 5–11–1 (college baseball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 2 MIAC (1931, 1934) | |
Frank Irving Cleve (December 20, 1899 – August 12, 1970) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach and minor league baseball player.[1] He served as the head football coach at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota from 1926 to 1935, compiling a record of 30–30–13.[2] Cleve was also the head basketball coach at Concordia from 1927 to 1936, tallying a mark of 86–84.[3]
Cleve attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. In 1925, he was hired as athletic coach at Spokane College in Spokane, Washington, succeeding Abe Cohn.[4][5]
His older brother, Ainer Cleve, played professional football in the early years of the National Football League.
Cleve died on August 12, 1970, at South Fairview Hospital in Edina, Minnesota, following an illness that began in January of that year.[6]
Head coaching record
College football
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spokane College Chieftains (Columbia Valley Conference) (1925) | |||||||||
| 1925 | Spokane College | 2–1 | 2nd | ||||||
| Spokane College: | 2–1 | ||||||||
| Concordia Cobbers (Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (1926–1935) | |||||||||
| 1926 | Concordia | 0–7 | 0–4 | 7th | |||||
| 1927 | Concordia | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4th | |||||
| 1928 | Concordia | 3–1–2 | 2–1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1929 | Concordia | 2–3–1 | 1–2–1 | T–6th | |||||
| 1930 | Concordia | 4–3–1 | 2–2 | 5th | |||||
| 1931 | Concordia | 5–2–1 | 4–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1932 | Concordia | 2–2–3 | 1–1–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1933 | Concordia | 2–3–3 | 2–2–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1934 | Concordia | 7–1–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
| 1935 | Concordia | 1–6–1 | 0–3–1 | T–6th | |||||
| Concordia: | 30–30–13 | 16–18–8 | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ "Frank Cleve". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Frank Cleve". Concordia Cobbers. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Coaches Records". Concordia Cobbers. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Cleve Follows Cohn". The Spokane Press. Spokane, Washington. July 28, 1925. p. 6. Retrieved January 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Revise Curricula At Spokane "U"". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. August 6, 1925. p. 6. Retrieved January 31, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ "Frank Cleve Dies". The Minneapolis Star. Minneapolis, Minnesota. August 13, 1970. p. 1D. Retrieved July 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)