Eddie Casey

Eddie Casey

Personal information
Date of birth	(1894-05-16)May 16, 1894
Place of birth	Natick, Massachusetts
Date of death	July 26, 1966(1966-07-26) (aged 72)
Career information
Position(s)	Halfback
College	Harvard
Head coaching record
Career record	2–8–1
Stats
Playing stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching stats	Pro Football Reference
Coaching stats	DatabaseFootball
Team(s) as a player
1920	Buffalo All-Americans
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1935 1940	Boston Redskins (NFL) Boston Bears (AFL)
College Football Hall of Fame

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 in 1935 and the Boston Bears of the third American Football League in 1940.

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 stated 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 coached until 1925. That year he moved on to Harvard University. He was the Harvard freshmen coach from 1926–28, the assistant backfield coach from 1929–30 and head coach from 1931-34.