Chapter 3 Young College -- New Conference
Birth of the MIAC | 1921-1922 | Arrival of Coach Fenwick Watkins | 1922-1923 | 1923-1924 | 1924-1925 | 1925-1926 | 1926-1927 | 1927-1928 | 1928-1929 | 1929-1930 | Looking Back -- The Twenties |
1926-1927 | Football | Men's Basketball | All Sports |
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Coach Frank Cleve Arrives
A short biography of Frank J. Cleve, who succeeded Fenwick Watkins in 1926, was written in the 1929 Scout.
From Spokane College, Spokane, Washington, Coach Frank J. Cleve came to Concordia College in the fall of 1926 to take up the coaching duties and to head the department of physical education. Mr. Cleve attended college at St. Olaf, Northfield, Minnesota. While at college he participated in baseball for three years, football for four, and played on the basketball varsity for three years. He has taken coaching courses at the University of Minnesota. He was voted the most valuable player in the state conference during his days at St. Olaf, besides being named on the national athletic fraternity.(16)
Fifty of Concordia's huskiest and fleetest men responded to Coach
Cleve's first call for the 1926 football team. A group of veterans reported
including Captain Chalky Reed, Harold Gronningen, Eugene Peltola, Milton
Grimsrud, DonThompson and Ehlers. The group of veterans was bolstered by
many promising freshmen and reserves. Reed, Thompson, Grimsrud and Gronningen
were named as honorable mention on the MIAC All Conference team.
The team placed seventh in the MIAC with a 0 - 4 record and a 0 - 7 record overall. The scores were:
Concordia 13 Jamestown 14
Concordia 0 St. Olaf 26
Concordia 0 Gustavus 40
Concordia 0 St. John's 13
Concordia 0 Augsburg 26
Concordia 0 MSTC 12
Concordia 0 NDAC 20
1926-1927 | Football
| Men's Basketball | All Sports |
The 1926-1927 basketball season started with poor prospects due to insufficient material to draw from. Most of the candidates reporting to Coach Frank Cleve were new men and though they had some ability, inexperience was evident. After a few preliminary games with teams in and around Moorhead, the varsity started their regular schedule.
On the roster were Williams, Urdahl, Haroldson, Thorson, Johnson, Kall, Edlund, Buesing, Peltola and Thompson
The season ended with a 1 - 9 overall record, 0 - 8 in the MIAC:
Concordia 10 St. Thomas 27
Concordia 23 MSTC 13
Concordia 27 St. John's 31
Concordia L Augsburg
Concordia L Augsburg
Concordia 15 St. Olaf 30
Concordia 18 Gustavus 37
Concordia 28 Gustavus 38
Concordia L St. Thomas
Chapter 3
1. Hollingsworth, Gustavus Athletics, p. 77-78.
2. Concordian, December 22, 1920.
3. Concordian, October 24, 1921.
4. Concordian, Novemberf 28, 1921.
7. Most all of the information including scores and rosters for the 1920's was found in the 1920, 1923, 1926 and 1929 Scout yearbooks.
9. Concordian, December 15, 1922.
12. Concordian, March 5, 1924.
13. Concordian, April 11, 1924.
22. Concordian, December 19, 1929.
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