Elbert Caraway
| File:Elbert Caraway.png Caraway pictured in Epitome 1946, Lehigh yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1, 1905 Sherman, Texas, U.S.[1] |
| Died | September 8, 1975 (aged 70) Carthage, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1927–1929 | Purdue |
| Baseball | |
| 1928–1930 | Purdue |
| 1930 | Shawnee Robins |
| 1931 | Beaumont Exporters |
| Positions | End (football) Outfielder, second baseman (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1933–1934 | Lehigh (ends) |
| 1936–1940 | Massachusetts State |
| Baseball | |
| 1937–1940 | Massachusetts State |
| 1942–1952 | Lehigh |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1943–1946 | Lehigh |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 9–32–3 (football) 122–130–2 (baseball) |
| Women's Basketball Hall of Fame | |
Elbert Francis "Ebb" Caraway (January 1, 1905 – September 8, 1975) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Massachusetts State College—now known as 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 head coaching 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] He was the school's acting athletic director during World War II.[3]
Caraway died of a heart attack on September 8, 1975, at his home in Carthage, New York.[4]
Head coaching record
[edit | edit source]Football
[edit | edit source]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit | edit source]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: | 40–29–2 | ||||||||
| Lehigh Engineers (Independent) (1942–1952) | |||||||||
| Lehigh: | 82–101 | ||||||||
| Total: | 122–130–2 | ||||||||
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 1905 births
- 1975 deaths
- American football ends
- Baseball players from Sherman, Texas
- Baseball coaches from Texas
- Beaumont Exporters players
- Coaches of American football from Texas
- Lehigh Mountain Hawks athletic directors
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- Purdue Boilermakers baseball players
- Purdue Boilermakers football players
- Shawnee Robins players
- UMass Minutemen baseball coaches
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- Players of American football from Sherman, Texas
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