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{{Short description|American football coach and college athletics administrator}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Forrest England
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|10|29}}
| birth_place = [[Vandalia, Illinois]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|6|25|1912|10|29}}
| death_place = [[Toledo, Ohio]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Illinois College]]<br>[[University of Missouri]]
| coach_years1 = 1935
| coach_team1 = Perry HS (IL)
| coach_years2 = 1936
| coach_team2 = Waverly HS (IL)
| coach_years3 = 1937–1940
| coach_team3 = [[Maroa-Forsyth High School|Maroa HS (IL)]]
| coach_years4 = 1941
| coach_team4 = Jacksonville, HS (IL)
| coach_years5 = 1942–1945
| coach_team5 = [[University City High School (Missouri)|University City HS (MO)]]
| coach_years6 = 1946–1953
| coach_team6 = [[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Arkansas State]]
| coach_years7 = 1954–1955
| coach_team7 = [[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo]]
| admin_years1 = 1954–1957
| admin_team1 = [[Toledo Rockets|Toledo]]
| overall_record = 57–29–11 (college)
| bowl_record = 1–2–1
| tournament_record =
| championships =
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
'''Forrest William''' "'''Frosty'''" '''England''' (October 29, 1912 – June 25, 2002) was an [[American football]] coach and college athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Arkansas State College—now known as [[Arkansas State University]]—from 1946 to 1953 and at the [[University of Toledo]] from 1954 to 1955, compiling a career [[college football]] record of 57–29–11.

==Early life==
England was born in [[Vandalia, Illinois]] on October 29, 1912 to William J. and Nora L. (Weekly) England.<ref>{{cite book |title=Who's Who in the Midwest, 1990-91 |date=1990 |publisher=Marquis Who's Who, LLC |page=179}}</ref> He earned a bachelor's degree from [[Illinois College]] and a master's degree from the [[University of Missouri]].<ref name="Obituary" /> In 1935, he married Lois G. Batterton, who he met when they were students at Illinois College. They had two sons.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-UT coach's wife taught in city schools |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HEpPAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA34&dq |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=Toledo Blade |date=April 4, 2001}}</ref>

==Coaching==
England coached and taught at high schools in [[Perry, Illinois|Perry]], [[Waverly, Illinois|Waverly]], [[Maroa, Illinois|Maroa]], and [[Jacksonville, Illinois]], and [[University City, Missouri]] before entering the college ranks with Arkansas State University in 1946.<ref>{{cite book |title=Bulletin of Arkansas State College |date=1946}}</ref> He had seven winning seasons in his eight years as head coach, turning around a program that had only one winning season in the 15 years prior to his arrival. His [[1953 Arkansas State Indians football team|1953 Arkansas State team]] went undefeated and played [[Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football|East Texas State]] to a tie in the [[1954 Tangerine Bowl]].<ref name="Hackenberg">{{cite news |last1=Hackenberg |first1=Dave |title=Frosty's thawed out |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c6gkAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10&dq |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=Toledo Blade |date=September 5, 1992}}</ref> He was the author of the book ''Coaching the T Formation: A Veritable Bible of T Formation Coaching Information for Coaches and Players'' published in 1948.<ref>{{cite book |title= Coaching the T formation; a veritable Bible of T formation coaching information for coaches and players. (Book 1948) |oclc = 3028857}}</ref>

On January 19, 1954, England was named head football coach and athletic director at the University of Toledo.<ref>{{cite news |title=England Named Toledo U Coach |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZVRAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA20&dq |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=January 20, 1954}}</ref> In his first season at Toledo, the Rockets, led by [[Mel Triplett]] and George Machoukas, went 6–2–1. The following year, England suffered his first losing season as head coach.<ref name="Hackenberg" /> In May 1956, England was given a year's leave from his coaching responsibilities due to a heart attack, but continued his duties as athletic director.<ref>{{cite news |title=Morton Replaces England As Coach |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7ZOAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&dq |access-date=20 February 2024 |work=Toledo Blade |date=May 17, 1956}}</ref> Toledo went 1–7–1 in 1956 and England and his interim replacement, [[Jack Morton]], were both fired at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rothman |first1=Seymour |title=Larche Hired As TU Grid Coach |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LhOAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9&dq |access-date=20 February 2024 |work=Toledo Blade |date=January 14, 1957}}</ref>

==Later life==
After retiring from coaching he had a career in real estate.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Ex-UT football coach was successful Realtor |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Deaths/2002/06/26/Ex-UT-football-coach-was-successful-Realtor.html |newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]] |location=[[Toledo, Ohio]] |date= June 26, 2002 |access-date=August 3, 2016 }}</ref> He was vice president of Grogan Realty Inc. for 24 years before forming his own firm, Frosty England Co., in 1981.<ref>{{cite news |title=Real Estate Notebook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74wxAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA20&dq |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=Toledo Blade |date=September 26, 1981}}</ref> He retired in 2001.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news |author= |title=England; Forrest W. 'Frosty' |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=20020626&id=6ExQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6604,3302418&hl=en |newspaper=[[The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)|The Blade]] |location=[[Toledo, Ohio]] |date=June 26, 2002 |access-date=August 3, 2016 |via=[[Google News]] }}</ref>

In 1984, the football field at Illinois College was named England Field in honor of England and his wife, Lois.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Englands' Field? |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ucw0AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA27&dq |access-date=22 February 2024 |work=Toledo Blade |date=June 21, 1984}}</ref>

England died on June 25, 2002 at a nursing home in Toledo.<ref name="Obituary" />

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Arkansas State Indians]]
| conf = [[Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference]]
| startyear = 1946
| endyear = 1950
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1946 college football season|1946]]
| name = [[1946 Arkansas State Indians football team|Arkansas State]]
| overall = 4–3–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1947 college football season|1947]]
| name = [[1947 Arkansas State Indians football team|Arkansas State]]
| overall = 4–2–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1948 college football season|1948]]
| name = [[1948 Arkansas State Indians football team|Arkansas State]]
| overall = 4–4–1
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1949 college football season|1949]]
| name = [[1949 Arkansas State Indians football team|Arkansas State]]
| overall = 4–5
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1950 college football season|1950]]
| name = [[1950 Arkansas State Indians football team|Arkansas State]]
| overall = 6–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Arkansas State Red Wolves football|Arkansas State Indians]]
| conf = Independent
| startyear = 1951
| endyear = 1953
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1951 college football season|1951]]
| name = [[1951 Arkansas State Indians football team|Arkansas State]]
| overall = 10–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = [[Refrigerator Bowl|Refrigerator]], '''L''' [[1952 Tangerine Bowl|Tangerine]]
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1952 college football season|1952]]
| name = [[1952 Arkansas State Indians football team|Arkansas State]]
| overall = 8–3
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = [[Refrigerator Bowl|Refrigerator]]
| bowloutcome = L
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1953 college football season|1953]]
| name = [[1953 Arkansas State Indians football team|Arkansas State]]
| overall = 8–0–2
| conference =
| confstanding =
| bowlname = [[1954 Tangerine Bowl|Tangerine]]
| bowloutcome = T
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Arkansas State
| overall = 48–22–9
| confrecord =
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = [[Toledo Rockets football|Toledo Rockets]]
| conf = [[Mid-American Conference]]
| startyear = 1954
| endyear = 1955
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1954 college football season|1954]]
| name = [[1954 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
| overall = 6–2–1
| conference = 3–2
| confstanding = 4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = [[1955 college football season|1955]]
| name = [[1955 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo]]
| overall = 3–5–1
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = 5th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Toledo
| overall = 9–7–2
| confrecord = 5–6
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 57–29–11
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
| legend = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|104222039}}

{{Arkansas State Red Wolves football coach navbox}}
{{Toledo Rockets athletic director navbox}}
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[[Category:1912 births]]
[[Category:2002 deaths]]
[[Category:American businesspeople in real estate]]
[[Category:Arkansas State Red Wolves football coaches]]
[[Category:Toledo Rockets athletic directors]]
[[Category:Toledo Rockets football coaches]]
[[Category:High school football coaches in Illinois]]
[[Category:High school football coaches in Missouri]]
[[Category:Illinois College alumni]]
[[Category:University of Missouri alumni]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Toledo, Ohio]]

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