Elbert Caraway

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Elbert Caraway
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Caraway pictured in Epitome 1946, Lehigh yearbook
Biographical details
Born(1905-01-01)January 1, 1905
Sherman, Texas, U.S.[1]
DiedSeptember 8, 1975(1975-09-08) (aged 70)
Carthage, New York, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1927–1929Purdue
Baseball
1928–1930Purdue
1930Shawnee Robins
1931Beaumont Exporters
PositionsEnd (football)
Outfielder, second baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1933–1934Lehigh (ends)
1936–1940Massachusetts State
Baseball
1937–1940Massachusetts State
1942–1952Lehigh
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1943–1946Lehigh
Head coaching record
Overall9–32–3 (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

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Football

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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

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Statistics overview
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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