Elbert Caraway College coach

Elbert Francis "Ebb" Caraway (January 1, 1905 – September 1975) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Massachusetts State College, now 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 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.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Caraway Elbert F.; Caraway E. F.; Caraway Ebb
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1905
Birth place
Sherman Texas
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1975
Place of death
Jefferson New York

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Coach

coached team
Lehigh Mountain Hawks football
UMass Minutemen baseball
UMass Minutemen football
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
overall record
122–130–2 (baseball)
9–32–3 (football)

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