About Ed Cook
Ed Cook was an American basketball coach.
Edmund Charles Cook was an American basketball player and coach.
Cook was born in approximately 1888 and attended Manual Training High School in Indianapolis. He also played basketball at the German House. He enrolled at Indiana University in 1906 and played for the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team in the 1906–07 season and returned as a player in the 1907–08 season. After being declared academically ineligible, he took over as the head basketball coach for the 1907–08 season, compiling a record of 9–6. He later became captain of the Third Christian basketball team.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Ed Cook. https://biography.guide/ed-cook-basketball-coach/
MLA: "Ed Cook." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/ed-cook-basketball-coach/.
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