Oliver Frost Cutts (August 6, 1873 – August 4, 1939) was an American college football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University (1903–1904), the University of Washington (1905), and Bates College (1922–1923), compiling a career head coaching record of 23–18–3. Cutts was also the athletic director at Purdue from 1904 to 1905 and again from 1915 to 1918. He died on August 4, 1939, at his home in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.[1]
 Cutts pictured in Debris 1917, Purdue yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 6, 1873 North Anson, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 1939 (aged 65) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1895 | Bates |
| 1899–1901 | Harvard |
| Position(s) | Guard, tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1903–1904 | Purdue |
| 1905 | Washington |
| 1906–1907 | Harvard (assistant) |
| 1922–1923 | Bates |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1904–1905 | Purdue |
| 1915–1918 | Purdue |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 23–18–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Before his coaching career, Cutts competed in football and track and field for the Bates Bobcats, and also competed on the Harvard Crimson football team.[2]
Coaching career
editFrom 1903 to 1904, Cutts coached at Purdue University, where he compiled a 13–5 record. This included a 9–3 season in 1904, where the Boilermakers outscored opponents 176–66. In 1905, he coached at the University of Washington, where he compiled a 4–2–2 record.
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue Boilermakers (Western Conference) (1903–1904) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Purdue | 4–2 | 0–2 | 9th | |||||
| 1904 | Purdue | 9–3 | 1–2 | T–5th | |||||
| Purdue: | 13–5 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Washington (Independent) (1905) | |||||||||
| 1905 | Washington | 5–2–2 | |||||||
| Washington: | 5–2–2 | ||||||||
| Bates Bobcats (Independent) (1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Bates | 2–6–1 | |||||||
| 1923 | Bates | 3–5 | |||||||
| Bates: | 5–11–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 23–18–3 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Oliver Frost Cutts, Ex-Star At Harvard; Also Was on the Coaching Staff—Athletic Instructor at Bates" (PDF). The New York Times. August 8, 1939. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ "Ernest M. Moore To Succeed Cutts". Evening Express. April 22, 1938. p. 20. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
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