Frank Moseley
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'''Frank O'Rear Moseley''' (April 22, 1911 – July 31, 1979) was an
American football player and coach,
baseball coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1951 to 1960, compiling a record of 54–42–4. His best season at Virginia Tech came in 1954, when his team went 8–0–1. Moselely was also the head baseball coach at the
University of Kentucky (1939–1941, 1946, 1948–1950), tallying a mark of 60–55–1. In addition, he served as the
athletic director at Virginia Tech from 1951 to 1978, during which time he hired
Jerry Claiborne, his successor as head football coach. Moseley was born in
Montgomery, Alabama and died on July 31, 1979. In 1979, Moseley was inducted into the
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He was elected to the
Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame as an inaugural member in 1982.
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