Frank Mount Pleasant
Frank Mount Pleasant (actually Franklin P. Mount Pleasant ; * 1884 in the Tuscarora Reserve, New York , † April 12, 1937 in Buffalo ) was an American athlete and American football coach.
During his time at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (which was also attended by Jim Thorpe ) he excelled not only in football, but above all in the long jump . On May 19, 1906, he managed a jump of 7.24 m in Carlisle , and in 1908 he qualified with 7.06 m as second in the elimination bout of the US eastern states for the Olympic Games in London . There he was sixth in the long jump with 6.82 m and sixth in the triple jump with his personal best of 13.97 m .
From 1908 to 1910 he attended Dickinson College , where he was the first Indian to graduate.
He then served as football coach for the teams of Franklin & Marshall College, the Indiana Normal School (now Indiana University of Pennsylvania ) and at University Buffalo, The State University of New York operates. During World War I he was a sub-lieutenant in the United States Army .
After that he lived mainly from casual work. The circumstances surrounding his death are puzzling. He died in a hospital three days after he was found on a sidewalk with his skull shattered.
Web links
- Entry in the Encyclopedia Dickinsonia
- Frank Mount Pleasant in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mount Pleasant, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mount Pleasant, Franklin P. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tuscarora Reserve, New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1937 |
| Place of death | Buffalo |