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Edgar Wrightington

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Positions
  
Halfback

College
  
Harvard Crimson football

Role
  
American football player

Name
  
Edgar Wrightington


Date of birth
  
(1875-07-30)July 30, 1875

Place of birth
  
Brookline, Massachusetts

Date of death
  
October 31, 1945(1945-10-31) (aged 70)

Died
  
October 31, 1945, Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Parents
  
Charles W. Wrightington, Catherine G. Schermerhorn

Awards
  
College Football All-America Team

Place of death
  
Salem, Massachusetts

Edgar Newcomb Wrightington (July 30, 1875 - October 31, 1945) was an All-American football player and coach. He played as a back for the Harvard University football team and was selected for the All-American team in 1895. He served as Harvard's football coach in 1904. Wrightington later became a successful banker and oil and gas company executive. He served in various executive positions with Boston Consolidated Gas Cos., the New England Fuel and Transportation Co., and Beacon Oil Co.

Biography

He was born on July 30, 1875 in Brookline, Massachusetts to Charles W. Wrightington and Catherine G. Schermerhorn. He died in Salem, Massachusetts in 1945 at age 70.

References

Edgar Wrightington Wikipedia