Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1982
- Class:
- 1950
Born April 19, 1922 Red Oak, OK…Graduated from KSU in 1950 with a degree in speech/physical education…A 1940 graduate of Barberton High School…Returned to College in 1946 following a discharge from the Navy after serving four years…Lettered four years on the gridiron for the Flashes (1946-49) …Was accorded All-Ohio Conference honors in 1946, International News Service (INS) All-Ohio in 1946, 1947, 1948, and 1949…He served as the team captain in 1949…Owns distinction of school-record for most consecutive extra-point conversion kicks (23), including six straight against Connecticut, before goal posts were widened from 18 ½ feet to 23 ½ …Also played linebacker…Since graduation from KSU, has served as coach of football, basketball, and baseball at Boston Township (1950-57), football and baseball coach at Twinsburg (1957-59), and basketball and track coach in the Akron Public Schools (1959-79)…A member of Delta Phi Sigma and Sigma Nu fraternities…Married to the former Barbera Smrekar of Akron…Parents of seven children…Frank “Hoss” Mesek was probably one of the best lineman ever to play for Kent State University, was a guard and a linebacker…He had no fear when it came to stopping ball carriers…he was the “bone jarring”, “teeth chattering” type who relished contact and hard play…He was on every ALL TEAM in 1946 as he led the Flashes both offensively and defensively…Truly one of the greats.
