Frederick V. Ostergren

Fred Ostergren

Biographical details
Born	c. 1886
Died	(1945-07-04)July 4, 1945
Playing career
Football
1910–1913	Holy Cross
Baseball
1911–1914	Holy Cross
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1921	Western Reserve
1921–1924	Bowdoin
1926–1929	St. Bonaventure
Basketball
1927–1928	St. Bonaventure
Baseball
1920–1922	Western Reserve
1926–1930	St. Bonaventure
Head coaching record
Overall	27–28–8 (football)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 MIAA (1921)

Frederick V. Ostergren (c. 1886 – July 4, 1945) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach.

Fred attended high school at the old Roxbury High School in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was a star fullback and outstanding first baseman. He played both college football and baseball at Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He played professional baseball in the Boston Red Sox farm system for the Manchester Textiles (also known as the Fitchburg Burghers) in 1914 and the Lawrence Barristers in 1915 and 1916.

Collegiately, Ostegren coached at St. Bonaventure, Bowdoin, and Western Reserve. He also coached at Portland and Deering high schools in Maine and at Malden, Mass.

Ostergren began coaching at Arlington High School in 1931.

Legacy

The Touchdown Club of Arlington annually gives the Ostergren Award for the outstanding athlete-scholar, male and female, of Arlington High School.

Head coaching record

College football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Western Reserve Pioneers (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1921)
1921	Western Reserve	0–1–1	0–1–1
Western Reserve:		0–1–1	0–1–1
BowdoinPolar Bears (Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1921–1924)
1921	Bowdoin	5–0–1
1922	Bowdoin	2–4–1
1923	Bowdoin	3–3–1
1924	Bowdoin	4–3–1
Bowdoin:		14–10–4
St. Bonaventure Brown Indians (New York State Conference / Western New York Little Three Conference) (1926–1929)
1926	St. Bonaventure	3–5	1–1 /	T–5th /
1927	St. Bonaventure	4–4–1
St. Bonaventure Brown Indians (Western New York Little Three Conference) (1928–1929)
1928	St. Bonaventure	3–4–1
1929	St. Bonaventure	3–4–1
St. Bonaventure:		13–17–3
Total:		27–28–8
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth