Elbert Caraway | |
File:Elbert Caraway.png Caraway pictured in Epitome 1946, Lehigh yearbook | |
Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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Biographical details | |
Born | Sherman, Texas[1] | January 1, 1905
Died | September 1975 (aged 70) Jefferson, New York |
Playing career | |
Football 1927–1929 Baseball 1928–1930 1930 1931 | Purdue Purdue Shawnee Robins Beaumont Exporters |
Position(s) | End (football) Outfield, second base (baseball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football 1933–1934 1936–1940 Baseball 1937–1940 1942–1952 | Lehigh (ends) Massachusetts State Massachusetts State Lehigh |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 9–32–3 (football) 122–130–2 (baseball) |
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse |
Elbert Francis "Ebb" Caraway (January 1, 1905 – September 1975) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Massachusetts State College, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst, from 1936 to 1940, tallying a mark of 9–32–3. Caraway was also the head baseball coach at Massachusetts State from 1937 to 1941 and at Lehigh University from 1942 to 1952, compiling a career college baseball record of 122–130–2. Caraway attended Purdue University and played end for the Purdue Boilermakers from 1927 to 1929. He also played baseball at Purdue and was captain of the 1930 squad. Caraway first went to Lehigh in 1933 as the ends coach on the football team under A. Austin Tate and continued the following season under fellow Purdue alumnus Glen Harmeson.[2]
Head coaching record[]
Football[]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1936–1940) | |||||||||
1936 | Massachusetts State | 2–6 | |||||||
1937 | Massachusetts State | 1–7–1 | |||||||
1938 | Massachusetts State | 3–6 | |||||||
1939 | Massachusetts State | 2–5–2 | |||||||
1940 | Massachusetts State | 1–8 | |||||||
Massachusetts State: | 9–32–3 | ||||||||
Total: | 9–32–3 |
Baseball[]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1936–1940) | |||||||||
1936 | Massachusetts State | 2-10-1 | |||||||
1937 | Massachusetts State | 11-3 | |||||||
1938 | Massachusetts State | 10-3 | |||||||
1939 | Massachusetts State | 14-5-1 | |||||||
1940 | Massachusetts State | 3-8 | |||||||
Massachusetts State Aggies: | 40–29-2 | ||||||||
Lehigh Engineers (Independent) (1942–1952) | |||||||||
Lehigh: | |||||||||
Total: | 122-130-2 |
References[]
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Danzig, Allsion (September 24, 1934). "Lehigh Squad Shows Fine Spirit As It Learns Notre Dame System; Football at Bethlehem Appears on Upgrade Under Harmeson, New Coach—Ock and Stallings Are Outstanding Players—Guard and Centre Posts Provide Problem.". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F60C1FFB3B58177A93C6AB1782D85F408385F9. Retrieved July 16, 2011.
External links[]
- Elbert Caraway at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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