Frank Forbes
Infielder
Born: (1891-03-30)March 30, 1891 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died: April 19, 1983(1983-04-19) (aged 92) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
1913, for the Philadelphia Giants
Last appearance
1919, for the Atlantic City Bacharach Giants
Teams
Philadelphia Giants (1913) New York Lincoln Stars (1914–1915) New York Lincoln Giants (1915–1916)[1] Royal Poinciana Hotel (1915–1916) Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York (1917–1918) Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1919) [2]
Coaching career Coaching career (HC unless noted) Football 1932–1933 Morehouse 1935–1942 Morehouse 1945–1949 Morehouse Basketball 1932–1934 Morehouse 1935–1943 Morehouse 1945–1964 Morehouse Head coaching record Overall 45–57–14 (football) 298–327 (basketball)

Franklin Lindsay Forbes (March 30, 1891 – August 19, 1983) was a Negro league infielder for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League, and was an American football and basketball coach.

Biography

Nicknamed "Strangler" and sometimes appearing as "Joe" Forbes, he played for his hometown team Philadelphia Giants at the age of 22. He moved on to the Lincoln Stars and Lincoln Giants for a number of years before returning to Pennsylvania.

In 1917, 26 year-old Forbes registered for the WWI draft. He listed his occupation as a porter for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was listed as married. He also listed his home address as 200 N. 131st Street in New York City as his home address. And he listed his mother and wife as dependents.^[3]

Forbes served three stints as the head football coach (1932–1933, 1935–1942, 1945–1949) at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.^[4] Morehouse's Forbes Arena is named after him.

Forbes died at the age of 92 in his hometown of Philadelphia in 1983.