Frederick College is a defunct four-year private co-educational college formerly located in Portsmouth, Virginia. The school was created in through a grant from the Fred W. Beazley Foundation (now the Beazley Foundation). It originally opened in 1958 as a two-year school on the grounds of a former munitions depot before becoming a four-year school in 1961. The school closed in 1968 and the land was given to the Virginia Community College System to form Tidewater Community College.
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Athletics
Frederick competed at the NCAA small college level (now Division II) and had a 3600-seat football stadium. The coach of the men's basketball team was Bob Hodges. Behind the play of Tom Jasper, they won the Small College National Championship in the late 1960s. 1961-1964 TRACK TEAM, Udefeated season 1963-64, coached by John Meroney
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References
External links
- Frederick College Alumni
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