Oliver Cutts

Oliver Frost Cutts (August 6, 1873 – August 4, 1939) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Purdue University (1903–1904), the University of Washington (1905), and Bates College (1922–1923), compiling a career college football record of 23–18–3. Cutts was also the athletic director at Purdue from 1904 to 1905 and again from 1915 to 1918. He died on August 4, 1939 at his home in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.[1]

Oliver Cutts

Cutts pictured in Debris 1917, Purdue yearbook
Biographical details
Born	August 6, 1873 North Anson, Maine
Died	August 4, 1939 (aged 65) Boston, Massachusetts
Playing career
1895	Bates
1899–1901	Harvard
Position(s)	Guard, tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1903–1904	Purdue
1905	Washington
1906–1907	Harvard (assistant)
1922–1923	Bates
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1904–1905	Purdue
1915–1918	Purdue
Head coaching record
Overall	23–18–3
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-American, 1901

Coaching career

From 1903 to 1904, Cutts coached at Purdue University, where he compiled a 13–5 record. This included a 9–3 season in 1904, where the Boilermakers outscored opponents 176–66. In 1905, he coached at the University of Washington, where he compiled a 4–2–2 record.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Purdue Boilermakers (Western Conference) (1903–1904)
1903	Purdue	4–2	0–2	9th
1904	Purdue	9–3	1–2	T–5th
Purdue:		13–5	1–4
Washington (Independent) (1905)
1905	Washington	5–2–2
Washington:		5–2–2
Bates Bobcats (Independent) (1922–1923)
1922	Bates	2–6–1
1923	Bates	3–5
Bates:		5–11–1
Total:		23–18–3

References

1. "Oliver Frost Cutts, Ex-Star At Harvard; Also Was on the Coaching Staff—Athletic Instructor at Bates" (PDF). The New York Times. August 8, 1939. Retrieved August 11, 2011.

External links

• Oliver Cutts at Find a Grave