 Cutts pictured inDebris 1917, Purdue yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1873-08-06)August 6, 1873 North Anson, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | August 4, 1939(1939-08-04) (aged 65) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1893–1895 | Bates |
| 1901 | Harvard |
| Positions | Guard,tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1902 | Bates (assistant) |
| 1903–1904 | Purdue |
| 1905 | Washington |
| 1906–1907 | Harvard (assistant) |
| 1922–1924 | Bates |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1904–1905 | Purdue |
| 1915–1918 | Purdue |
| 1922–1938 | Bates |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 26–23–3 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| ConsensusAll-American (1901) | |
Oliver Frost Cutts (August 6, 1873 – August 4, 1939) was an Americancollege football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach atPurdue University (1903–1904), theUniversity of Washington (1905), andBates College (1922–1924), compiling a career head coaching record of 23–18–3. Cutts was also theathletic director at Purdue (1904–1905 and 1915–1918) and Bates (1922–1938).
Cutts attendedBates College and played for the school's football team in 1893. He was a member of the track and baseball teams the following spring, but a leg injury forced him to miss the 1894 football season. He played both baseball and football in 1895. He attendedHarvard Summer School at the end of his sophomore year and was Bates' gymnasium leader during his junior and season years. From 1896 to 1900, he was a mathematics teacher and athletic coach at theHaverford School. In 1901, Cutts enrolled in Harvard Law School. He had one year of college athletic eligibility remaining and played tackle for the1901 Harvard Crimson football team.[1]
In 1902, Cutts assisted Bates football coachRoyce Purinton when it didn't interfere with his studies.[2] From 1903 to 1904, he was the head coach atPurdue University.[1] His1903 football team was involved in atrain wreck that killed 14 of its players. Cutts suffered crushed bones in both of his ankles but spent a day tending to his fellow injured passengers before going to the hospital.[3] The following season, the Boilermakers 9–3 and outscored opponents 176–66. In 1905, he moved toSeattle to practice law.[1] That year, he coached at theUniversity of Washington football team, where he compiled a 4–2–2 record.
From 1911 to 1914, Cutts did recruiting for theYMCA inNew York City. In 1915, he returned to Purdue as director of athletics. From 1919 to 1922, Cutts was out of athletics, instead working for Dungan, Hood & Company, aPhiladelphia-based manufacturer ofglazed kid leather. In 1922, Cutts returned to Bates as athletic director.[1] Cutts took over as head football coach shortly before the 1922 season due to the resignation ofRaymond A. Watkins.[4] He stepped down as football coach after the 1924 season but continued to serve as athletic director until his retirement in 1938.[5][6]
In 1909, Cutts married Eugenia Ayer ofDorchester, Massachusetts. They had two daughters.[1]
Cutts died on August 4, 1939, at his home in theJamaica Plain neighborhood ofBoston, Massachusetts.[7]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purdue Boilermakers(Western Conference)(1903–1904) | |||||||||
| 1903 | Purdue | 4–2 | 0–2 | 9th | |||||
| 1904 | Purdue | 9–3 | 1–2 | T–5th | |||||
| Purdue: | 13–5 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Washington(Independent)(1905) | |||||||||
| 1905 | Washington | 5–2–2 | |||||||
| Washington: | 5–2–2 | ||||||||
| Bates Bobcats(Independent)(1922–1923) | |||||||||
| 1922 | Bates | 2–6–1 | |||||||
| 1923 | Bates | 3–5 | |||||||
| 1924 | Bates | 3–5 | |||||||
| Bates: | 8–16–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 26–23–3 | ||||||||
