Frederick L. Conklin
American football player and coach
Died when: 86 years 257 days (1040 months)Star Sign: Aries
Frederick L.Conklin (first name also spelled Fredric;April 12, 1888 – December 25, 1974) was an American football player and coach, medical doctor and naval officer.
He played football for Fielding H.Yost's University of Michigan teams from 1909 to 1911 and was selected as an All-Western player in 1911.
He spent 32 years as an officer in the U.S.Navy, reaching the rank of rear admiral after serving in World War I and World War II.
He received the Legion of Honor for establishing a mobile hospital in New Caledonia in 1942 and later presented John F.
Kennedy with a Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism in rescuing members of the crew of the PT 109.
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