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Edgar Wrightington

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Edgar Wrightington
Biographical details
Born(1875-07-30)July 30, 1875
Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedOctober 31, 1945(1945-10-31) (aged 70)
Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
1893–1896Harvard
Position(s)Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1899MIT
1904Harvard
Head coaching record
Overall7–2–1
Accomplishments and honors
Awards

Edgar Newcomb Wrightington (July 30, 1875 – October 31, 1945) was an American college football player and coach. He attended Harvard University, where he played as a halfback for the Harvard Crimson and was selected to the 1896 College Football All-America Team. He served as the head football coach at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1899[1] and later as Harvard's head 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

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Wrightington 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.[2][3]

Head coaching record

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Harvard Crimson (Independent) (1904)
1904 Harvard 7–2–1
Harvard: 7–2–1
Total: 9–3

References

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  1. ^ "Tech football". The Boston Globe. September 26, 1899. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "E.N. Wrightington Dies; Ex-Harvard Grid Coach". Fitchburg Sentinel. November 1, 1945.
  3. ^ "Ed Wrightington, Yale Coach, Dies". Evening Tribune (Minn.). November 1, 1945.