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Jan 22, 1896 Decatur, Illinois, United States Died on 23 Mar 1966 (aged 70)
American football player and coach, baseball player
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About Fred T. Long
- Fred Thomas "Pop" "Pops" "Big" Long (January 22, 1896 – March 23, 1966) was an African American professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues and a college football coach.
- He was the head football coach at four historically black colleges and universities in Texas between 1921 and 1965, compiling a career record of 227–151–31.
- He was the head coach at Wiley College in Marshall, Texas for 35 years from 1923 to 1947 and again from 1956 to 1965.
- He led the Wiley Wildcats football team to three black college football national championships, in 1928, 1932, and 1945.
