Frederick M. Ellis

Frederick M. Ellis

Frederick Melvin "Fish" Ellis (1906 – July 19, 1967) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, track athlete, athletics coach and administrator, and university professor in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Tufts University from 1946 to 1952, compiling a record of 21–31–6. Ellis was also the head basketball coach at Tufts from 1946 to 1953, tallying a mark of 74–75.

Early life and playing career

Ellis was born in 1906 in Norwood, Massachusetts. His family moved to Gloucester and then to Medford, where Ellis attended Medford High School, graduating in 1925. He entered Tufts University that fall, majoring in civil engineering. Ellis lettered in four sports—football, basketball, baseball, and track—at Tufts, from which he graduated in 1929. He was the first Tufts student to earn varsity letters in four sports. Ellis played quarterback on the football team from 1926 to 1928, and scored a school-record 181 points. His punt of 76 yards in 1927 was also long the longest in Tufts history.

Death and family

Ellis died of a heart attack at the age of 61 on July 19, 1967 at his home in Burlington, Massachusetts. He was survived by his wife, Dorothea, and couple's two daughters, Susan and Mrs. John Heneghan.

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Tufts Jumbos (Independent) (1946–1952)
1946	Tufts	1–6
1947	Tufts	5–2
1948	Tufts	3–4–1
1949	Tufts	5–3–1
1950	Tufts	4–4–1
1951	Tufts	0–7–2
1952	Tufts	3–4–1
Tufts:		21–31–6
Total:		21–31–6
†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

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