Frank Kinard

Frank Kinard

Date of birth	(1914-10-23)October 23, 1914
Place of birth	Pelahatchie, Mississippi
Date of death
Place of death	Jackson, Mississippi
Career information
Position(s)	Tackle
College	Mississippi
NFL draft	1938 / Round: 3 / Pick 18
Career history
As administrator
1971–1973	Ole Miss (AD)
As coach
1948–1970	Ole Miss (line)
As player
1938–1944	Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers
1946–1947	New York Yankees (AAFC)
Honors	5× Pro Bowl (1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942) 4× first-team All-Pro (1940, 1943, 1944, 1946)
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1971

Frank Manning "Bruiser" Kinard, Sr. (October 23, 1914 – September 7, 1985) was a professional American football player for the Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers of the National Football League (NFL) and the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. He played college football at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.

Bruiser lettered for the Ole Miss Rebels from 1935 to 1937 and served as co-captain of the 1937 Ole Miss squad. While playing tackle, the Rebels compiled a record of 18–13–3 including a 9–3 record in 1936 which featured the school's first appearance in a bowl game, a 20–19 loss to Catholic University in the 1936 Orange Bowl. He was an All-American and All-SEC pick in 1936 and 1937. Bruiser was the school's first All-American football player.

Kinard played in the 1938 Chicago All-Star game and was voted to the Southern Living South's Greatest Players Team. He was inducted into the Ole Miss Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986. He is a charter member of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, having been inducted in the inaugural class in 1961 along with Edwin Hale, Dudy Noble, and Stanley L. Robinson. He is also a member of the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame.

During his career as an outstanding tackle in the pro ranks, Kinard was a five-time All-Pro in his nine years of professional football. After his playing career, he joined Johnny Vaught's coaching staff at Ole Miss and served as an offensive line coach from 1948 to 1970. He later served as athletic director at Ole Miss, from 1971 until 1973. Kinard is a member of the Ole Miss Team of the Century (1893–1992).

External links

• Frank Kinard at the Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Frank Kinard at the College Football Hall of Fame
• Frank Kinard at Find a Grave