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Eddie Casey

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Sport(s)
  
Football

1920–1921
  
Education
  
1920
  
Buffalo All-Americans

Role
  

1916, 1919
  
Name
  
Eddie Casey

Alma mater
  
1922–1925
  
Positions
  
Born
  
May 16, 1894Natick, Massachusetts (
1894-05-16
)

Died
  
July 26, 1966, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Past teams coached
  
Washington Redskins (1935–1935)

Edward Lawrence Casey (May 16, 1894 – July 26, 1966) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Harvard University and was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968. Casey also played professional football in 1920 for the Buffalo All-Americans; he was also the head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) in 1935 and the Boston Bears of the third American Football League (AFL) in 1940.

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Early life

Casey was born in Natick, Massachusetts on May 16, 1894 to James Francis and Ellen (Ahern) Casey. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy where he graduated in 1915.

College coaching career

Casey started his football coaching career in 1920 at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. In 1922, he moved on to Tufts College in Medford, Massachusetts where he coached until 1925. That year, he moved on to Harvard University. He was the Harvard freshmen coach from 1926 to 1928, the backfield coach from 1929 to 1930 and head coach from 1931 to 1934.

References

Eddie Casey Wikipedia


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