Edgar Wrightington
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 30, 1875 Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | October 31, 1945 (aged 70) Salem, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1893–1896 | Harvard |
| Position(s) | Halfback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1899 | MIT |
| 1904 | Harvard |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–2–1 |
| 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
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
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Crimson (Independent) (1904) | |||||||||
| 1904 | Harvard | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| Harvard: | 7–2–1 | ||||||||
| Total: | 9–3 | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Tech football". The Boston Globe. September 26, 1899. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ^ "E.N. Wrightington Dies; Ex-Harvard Grid Coach". Fitchburg Sentinel. November 1, 1945.
- ^ "Ed Wrightington, Yale Coach, Dies". Evening Tribune (Minn.). November 1, 1945.