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{{Infobox college coach<br />
| name = F. W. Sweeney<br />
| image = <br />
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| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|9|10}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Humboldt, Nebraska]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|1|18|1873|9|10}}<br />
| death_place = [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], U.S.<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| coach_years1 = 1895<br />
| coach_team1 = [[Doane Tigers football|Doane]]<br />
| overall_record = 3–2<br />
| championships = <br />
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'''Fred William Sweeney''' (September 10, 1873 – January 18, 1938) was an American [[college football]] player, coach, and railroad executive.<br />
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Sweeney was born in [[Humboldt, Nebraska]], and attended [[Doane College]] in [[Crete, Nebraska]].<ref name=LS/> He played at the [[Fullback (gridiron football)|fullback]] position on the football team, where he developed a reputation as being "brilliant" and "inclined to be brutal."<ref>{{cite news|title=Crete Defeated|newspaper=Lincoln Evening News|date=December 7, 1891|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47054624/crete-defeated/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He was the captain of the 1892 team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Doane Gridsters Meet York Team|newspaper=The Lincoln State Journal|date=November 4, 1925|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47054401/doane-gridsters-meet-york-team/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He served as Doane's fourth head football coach and held that position for the 1895 season. His coaching record at Doane was 3–2.<ref>[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/gpac/doane/coaching_records.php Doane College coaching records] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525204024/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/naia/gpac/doane/coaching_records.php |date=May 25, 2011 }}</ref><br />
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Sweeney was married to Ruth Mosman Sweeney. They had two daughters (Mildred and Ruth) and a son (Chesley).<ref name=FWS/><br />
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He served as an examiner for the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]] from 1907 to 1918. He was later the comptroller of the [[Northern Pacific Railway]] and its subsidiaries from 1918 until his death.<ref name=FWS/> He also served as a trustee of Doane College from 1927 to 1938.<ref name=LS>{{cite news|title=Fred W. Sweeney, Trustee of Doane College, Is Dead|newspaper=The Lincoln Star|date=January 26, 1938|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47053985/obituary-for-fred-william-sweeney/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br />
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Sweeney died at a company hospital in January 1938.<ref name=FWS>{{cite news|title=Fred W. Sweeney Dies: Railroad Comptroller Was a Trustee of Doane|newspaper=The Nebraska State Journal|date=January 26, 1938|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47053647/fred-w-sweeney-dies/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br />
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==Head coaching record==<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead<br />
| name = [[Doane Tigers football|Doane Tigers]]<br />
| conf = Independent<br />
| startyear = 1895<br />
| endyear = single<br />
}}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry<br />
| championship = <br />
| year = [[1895 college football season|1895]]<br />
| name = Doane<br />
| overall = 3–2<br />
| conference = <br />
| confstanding = <br />
| bowlname = <br />
| bowloutcome = <br />
| bcsbowl = <br />
| ranking = no<br />
| ranking2 = no<br />
}}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal<br />
| name = Doane<br />
| overall = 3–2<br />
| confrecord = <br />
}}<br />
{{CFB Yearly Record End<br />
| overall = 3–2<br />
| bowls = no<br />
| poll = no<br />
| polltype = <br />
| legend = no<br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1873 births]]<br />
[[Category:1938 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century American railroad executives]]<br />
[[Category:American football fullbacks]]<br />
[[Category:Doane Tigers football players]]<br />
[[Category:Doane Tigers football coaches]]<br />
[[Category:People from Humboldt, Nebraska]]<br />
[[Category:Coaches of American football from Nebraska]]<br />
[[Category:Players of American football from Nebraska]]<br />
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