caption player_team death_date death_place coach_years birth_place player_positions overall_record player_years coach_team coach_sport sport birth_date player_sport image article_title name
ellis in 1938 tufts 19 july 1967 burlington , massachusetts 1946 1953 & ndash ; 1953 1946 & ndash ; norwood , massachusetts quarterback 25 -lrb- football -rrb- 74 & ndash ; 75 -lrb- basketball & -rrb- ndash ; 34 & ndash ; 6 1926 & ndash ; 1928 tufts tufts football basketball football , basketball , baseball , track , golf 26 february 1906 football frederick m. ellis.gif frederick m. ellis
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frederick m. ellis

frederick melvin `` fish '' ellis -lrb- february 26 , 1906 -- july 19 , 1967 -rrb- was an american football , basketball , and baseball player , track athlete , athletics coach and administrator , and university professor .
he served as the head football coach at tufts university from 1946 to 1953 , compiling a record of 25 -- 34 -- 6 .
ellis was also the head basketball coach at tufts from 1946 to 1953 , tallying a mark of 74 -- 75 .
he is the namesake of tufts university 's home football field , ellis oval .
