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Elbert Caraway

1905 – 1975

American football and baseball player and coach

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Lived 1905 – 1975 (aged 70). Elbert Caraway was an American baseball player and american football player.

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. He was the school's acting athletic director during World War II.

Caraway died of a heart attack on September 8, 1975, at his home in Carthage, New York.

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Purdue University
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Who was Elbert Caraway?

American football and baseball player and coach (1905-1975)

When was Elbert Caraway born?

Elbert Caraway was born on 1 January 1905 in Sherman.

When did Elbert Caraway die?

Elbert Caraway died on 1 September 1975 in Jefferson.

What was Elbert Caraway's occupation?

Elbert Caraway was a baseball player and american football player.

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Elbert Caraway was American.

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· Wikipedia: Elbert Caraway

· Wikidata: Q5353697

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