Frank Wickhorst

Frank Henry "Wick" Wickhorst (March 18, 1906 – April 1, 1965) was an American college football player and coach. He played football as a tackle at the United States Naval Academy and was selected as an All-American in 1926. Wickhorst served as the head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley in 1946, compiling a record of 2–7. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.

Early life Wickhorst was born in Aurora, Illinois on March 18, 1906. He attended high school at East Aurora High School and Oak Park High School. At the same time, The New York Times hailed him as one of the greatest tackles then-playing college football. In Bill Libby's 1973 book Champions of College Football, Wickhorst and Tom Hamilton are identified as having been the two most outstanding players of the 1926 Navy Midshipmen football team, which Libby considered to have been the season's champion team.

Military career Wickhorst had a distinguished career in the United States Navy. During World War II, he and his former teammate Hamilton again worked together to establish the Naval Pre- Flight Training Program. They also served together on the aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.

Head coaching record

Business career Wickhorst worked as an executive of the Henry J. Kaiser Company.

Death Wickhorst died on April 1, 1965, while in Oakland, California.