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Frank Piekarski

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Frank Piekarski
Biographical details

Born	(1879-08-17)August 17, 1879 Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	August 15, 1951(1951-08-15) (aged 71) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1901–1904	Penn

Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1905–1907	Washington & Jefferson
1914	Penn (line)

Head coaching record
Overall	26–7
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
National (1904)
Awards
Consensus All-American (1904) Third-team All-American (1903)

Frank Anthony Piekarski (August 17, 1879 – August 15, 1951)^[1] was an American football player and coach who later served as a judge in Pennsylvania. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he played college football for the Penn Quakers as a guard from 1901 to 1904. Piekarski was a third-team selection to the 1903 College Football All-America Team and a consensus first-team pick on the 1904 College Football All-America Team. He was among the first Polish-Americans to gain recognition in college football.^[2]

Following his graduation from Penn, Piekarski served as the head football coach at Washington & Jefferson College from 1905 to 1907, leading the Red and Black to a record of 25–7 in three seasons.^[3] In 1914 he returned to his alma mater, Penn, as an assistant football coach in charge of the linemen under head coach George H. Brooke.^[4]

Piekarski was also a lawyer. In 1933, he became a judge in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.^[5] Piekarski died in 1951 at Pittsburgh Hospital in Pittsburgh.^[6]^[7] In 2005, he was named to the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame.^[2]

Head coaching record[edit]


Year	Team	Overall
Washington & Jefferson Red and Black (Independent) (1905–1907)
1905	Washington & Jefferson	10–3
1906	Washington & Jefferson	9–2
1907	Washington & Jefferson	7–2
Washington & Jefferson:		26–7
Total:		26–7

References[edit]

^ Penn alumni directory

^ ^a ^b "Frank Piekarski". National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. June 9, 2005. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010.

^ "Presidents Football 2009" (PDF). 2009 Football Guide. Washington & Jefferson College. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2010.

^ "To Rehabilitate Football; Strong Efforts to Be Made at University of Pennsylvania—Team To Have Regular Trainer and Fewer Contents". Boston Evening Transcript. August 29, 1914. Retrieved August 26, 2014.

^ "Piekarski Chosen for County Bench". The Pittsburgh Press. May 6, 1933.

^ "Frank Piekarski, Retired Jurist, 71: Allegheny County Ex-Judge in Pennsylvania Is Dead -- Once All-American In Football" (PDF). The New York Times. August 15, 1951.

^ "Piekarski Requiem Mass Friday: Former Judge Stroke Victim". The Pittsburgh Press. August 15, 1951.