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Arthur McFarland
Biographical details
Born	(1874-07-07)July 7, 1874 Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
Died	August 21, 1959(1959-08-21) (aged 85) Martins Ferry, Ohio, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1897–1898	Washington & Jefferson
1897–1898	Greensburg Athletic Association
1899	Latrobe Athletic Association
1899–1900	West Virginia
1900	Greensburg Athletic Association
1902	Philadelphia Athletics
1903	Franklin Athletic Club

Position(s)	Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1906–1908	Ohio
Baseball
1907	Ohio

Head coaching record
Overall	13–10–1 (football) 10–2 (baseball)

Arthur Lamont "Tiger" McFarland (July 7, 1874 – August 21, 1959) was an early professional American football player who played with the Greensburg Athletic Association as well as the Latrobe Athletic Association. He later played for the Philadelphia Athletics in the 1902 version of the National Football League and for the 1903 US Football Champions, the Franklin Athletic Club. Sweet also won, with Franklin, the 1903 World Series of Football, held that December at Madison Square Garden.

At the same time McFarland was enjoying his professional career, he also played at the college level. While McFarland played professional football for Greensburg and Latrobe, he still claimed his amateur status by playing for the Washington & Jefferson Presidents. After playing two seasons for the Presidents, McFarland played his two seasons for West Virginia Mountaineers.

For 1906 to 1908, McFarland was the head football coach at Ohio University, compiling a record of 13–10–1 record in three seasons. He died at hospital in Martins Ferry, Ohio in 1959.^[1]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall
Ohio Green and White (Independent) (1906–1908)
1906	Ohio	7–1
1907	Ohio	3–4–1
1908	Ohio	3–5
Ohio:		13–10–1
Total:		13–10–1

References

Additional sources

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Riffenburgh, Beau & Bob Carroll (1989). "The Birth of Pro Football" (PDF). Coffin Corner. 11 (Annual). Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–30. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010.
Van Atta, Robert (1980). "Latrobe, PA: Cradle of Pro Football" (PDF). Coffin Corner. 2 (Annual). Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009.
Van Atta, Robert (1981). "The Early Years of Pro Football in Southwestern Pennsylvania" (PDF). Coffin Corner. 3 (Annual). Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2009.
Peterson, Robert W. (1997). Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-511913-4.
PFRA Research. "Franklin's Hired Guns: 1903" (PDF). Coffin Corner. Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–3. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2010.
Carroll, Bob (1980). "The First Football World Series" (PDF). Coffin Corner. 2 (Annual). Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 18, 2010.
Smith, William R. (1981). "Franklin's World Champion Football Team" (PDF). Coffin Corner. 3 (Annual). Professional Football Researchers Association: 1–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2010.

Ohio Bobcats head football coaches

No coach (1894)
Harvey Derne (1895)
Frank Remsburg (1896)
Warwick Ford (1897)
Peter McLaren (1898)
Fred Sullivan (1899)
Karl Core (1900)
Arlie C. Jones (1901)
Harold Monosmith (1902)
Fred Sullivan (1903)
Henry Hart (1904)
Joseph Railsback (1905)
Arthur McFarland (1906–1908)
Robert Wood (1909–1910)
Arthur Hinaman (1911–1912)
M. B. Banks (1913–1917)
Frank Gullum (1918–1919)
Russ Finsterwald (1920–1922)
John C. Heldt (1923)
Don Peden (1924–1942)
No team (1943–1944)
Don Peden (1945–1946)
Harold Wise (1947–1948)
Carroll Widdoes (1949–1957)
Bill Hess (1958–1977)
Bob Kappes # (1978)
Brian Burke (1979–1984)
Cleve Bryant (1985–1989)
Tom Lichtenberg (1990–1994)
Jim Grobe (1995–2000)
Brian Knorr (2001–2004)
Frank Solich (2005–2020)
Tim Albin (2021– )

# denotes interim head coach

Ohio Bobcats head baseball coaches

Israel Moore Foster (1892)
No team (1893–1899)
Unknown (1900–1906)
Arthur McFarland (1907)
Unknown (1908)
John Corbett (1909)
Unknown (1910–1912)
M. B. Banks (1913–1918)
Frank Gullum (1919)
Russ Finsterwald (1920)
No team (1921)
Russ Finsterwald (1922)
Butch Grover (1923)
Don Peden (1924–1948)
Bob Wren (1949–1972)
Jerry France (1973–1988)
Joe Carbone (1989–2012)
Rob Smith (2013–2020)
Craig Moore (2021– )

# denotes interim head coach