Facts: - sport: football , baseball - death place: texas - player team: millikin millikin - player sport: football baseball - death date: 23 march 1966 - coach team: paul college wiley quinn wiley prairie view a & m texas - player years: 1915 1918 & ndash ; 1917 1916 & ndash ; - coach years: 1921 1947 1948 1949 & ndash ; 1955 1956 & ndash & ; 1965 ndash ; 1922 1923 & ndash ; - birth date: 22 january 1896 - name: fred t. long - overall record: 227 & ndash ; 151 & ndash ; 31 - cfbdwid: 4560 - birth place: decatur , illinois - championships: 3 , 1945 -rrb- black college football national -lrb- 1928 , 1932 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of fred t. long .
fred thomas '' pop '' '' pops '' '' big '' long -lrb- january 22 , 1896 -- march 23 , 1966 -rrb- 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 .