Fred Bohler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFred Bohler
American college sports coach
Date of Birth: 14-Apr-1885
Place of Birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 12-Jul-1960
Profession: basketball coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Fred Bohler
- John Frederick Bohler (April 14, 1885 – July 12, 1960) was an American athlete, coach, and college athletics administrator.
- He served as the head basketball coach at the State College of Washington in Pullman, now Washington State University, from 1908 to 1926, compiling a record of 226–177. Bohler's 1916–17 team finished the season with a 25–1 record, and was retroactively named the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.
- Bohler was also the head baseball coach at Washington State from 1916 to 1920, tallying a mark of 47–27–1. The Bohler Gymnasium, opened on the WSC campus in 1928, was named for him in 1946.
- He was the older brother of George Bohler and Roy Bohler, also college coaches.Bohler served on the city council in Pullman and was its mayor from 1948 to 1951.
- In 1950, he became the manager of the new Memorial Stadium in Spokane, which was renamed Joe Albi Stadium in 1962.
- Bohler died in Pullman at age 75, and is buried at its city cemetery.
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