Frederick G. Dale (January 3, 1896 – Marcy 21, 1967) was an American college football player and coach, college basketball coach, and geography professor.
A bruising fullback, he was noted to have beat Rutgers so soundly in a 1920 game at the Polo Grounds, a sports reporter commented, "Not five Rutgers men could stop him.
[2] He also served as the school's head men's basketball coach from 1921 to 1927 and 1944 to 1945.
[3] Dale was a geography professor at Wayne State.
The school's on-campus planetarium is named in his honor.