Eddie Casey

Eddie Casey

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1894-05-16)May 16, 1894 Natick, Massachusetts
Died	Boston, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Harvard
Playing career
1916, 1919	Harvard
1920	Buffalo All-Americans
Position(s)	Halfback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1920–1921	Mount Union
1922–1925	Tufts
1926–1928	Harvard (freshmen)
1929–1930	Harvard (backfield)
1931–1934	Harvard
1935	Boston Redskins
1940	Boston Bears
Head coaching record
Overall	42–36–4 (college) 2–8–1 (NFL) 5–4–1 (AFL)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1968 (profile)

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 (NFL) in 1935 and the Boston Bears of the third American Football League (AFL) 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 started 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 he coached until 1925. That year he moved on to Harvard University. He was the Harvard freshmen coach from 1926 to 1928, the backfield coach from 1929 to 1930 and head coach from 1931 to 1934.

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Mount Union Purple Raiders (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1920–1921)
1920	Mount Union	6–3	3–3	T–9th
1921	Mount Union	1–6–1	0–5–1	17th
Mount Union:		7–9–1	3–8–1
Tufts Jumbos (Independent) (1922–1925)
1922	Tufts	5–4
1923	Tufts	6–2
1924	Tufts	3–4–2
1925	Tufts	1–6
Tufts:		15–16–2
Harvard Crimson (Independent) (1931–1934)
1931	Harvard	7–1
1932	Harvard	5–3
1933	Harvard	5–2–1
1934	Harvard	3–5
Harvard:		20–11–1
Total:		42–36–4

External links

• Eddie Casey at the College Football Data Warehouse
• Eddie Casey at Pro-Football-Reference.com