Fred Folsom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player and coach, lawyer
Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1871
Place of Birth: Old Town, Maine, United States
Date of Death: 11-Nov-1944
Profession: lawyer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Fred Folsom
- Fred Gorham Folsom (November 9, 1873 – November 11, 1944) was an American football player, coach of football and baseball, lawyer, and law professor.
- He served as the head football coach at the University of Colorado Boulder (1895–1899, 1901–1902, 1908–1915) and at Dartmouth College from (1903–1906), compiling a career college football record of 106–28–6.
- Folsom played football at Dartmouth from 1892 to 1894.
- He was also the head baseball coach at Colorado in 1898 and 1899, tallying a mark of 6–6.
- Folsom practiced law in Denver and Boulder and taught at the University of Colorado Law School from 1905 to 1943.
- The football stadium at the University of Colorado, originally named Colorado Stadium, was renamed as Folsom Field in his honor in 1944.
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