Frank Kapral
American football and wrestling coach (1929–2020)
Frank Samuel Kapral (February 15, 1929 – March 17, 2020) was an American football and wrestling coach.
Personal life
Kapral was born in Courtdale, Pennsylvania, on February 15, 1929. He was the youngest of five children of George and Helen Kapral. He graduated from Luzerne High School, Pennsylvania, in 1946. In 1948, he graduated from Wyoming Seminary, and from 1948 to 1952 was a football player and wrestler at Michigan State.
Kapral received a B.A. degree in speech from Michigan State and later earned an M.A. degree in physical education.
Kapral and his wife Doris lived in East Lyme, Connecticut, in later life. They were married in 1951 and had five daughters, one son, ten grandchildren, and, as of 2020, thirteen great-grandchildren.
Kapral died on March 17, 2020, at the home of his son in Palm Bay, Florida. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on September 14, 2020.
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