Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1978
Frank Dobson was athletic director at Richmond from 1913 to 1933 and also coached football, basketball and baseball. He actually took the 1918-19 football season off, and came back to coaching in the 1919 season. Robert Marshall took control of the team during his year away and led the team to a 3-1-1 record. Coach Dobson's first year back after his season off, his team had 5 wins and 2 loses. He coached for a total of twenty years. He participated in 175 football games and won 79 and lost 78. He tied 18 times in those twenty years. He had a winning percentage of .503.
His baseball teams were tops in the state six times. The 1930 baseball team compiled the school's best overall record at the time of 12-1. Under Dobson's coaching, the Spider baseball teams also won 153 games and lost 112. He started the basketball program and as basketball coach for nineteen seasons, Dobson led his teams to four state championships and won a total of 153 games while losing only 106.
