Ed Boell

Ed Boell (March 6, 1917 - March 14, 1998) was an American football player, coach, and official.

Ed Boell
Boell at NYU
PositionQuarterback
Personal information
Born:March 6, 1917
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died:March 14, 1998 (age 81)
Florida, U.S.
Career history
CollegeNYU

Boell played college football and baseball for the NYU Violets. He compiled a 17–7 record as a pitcher for the NYU baseball team and was quarterback of the football team. He was considered a triple-threat man in football, but later recalled: "I could throw the ball, and I could kick it. The only trouble with me was I had no speed."[1] He was recognized as one of the best college football players in the country in 1939 and played in the 1940 East-West Shrine Game and Chicago College All-Star Game.

He was selected by the Washington Redskins in the first round (eighth overall pick) of the 1940 NFL Draft.[2] He rejected the Redskins' offer to play professional football for $200 a game and instead pursued a career as a coach and athletic director at Riverside High School on Long Island. He moved to Florida in 1946, taught and coached at Palm Beach High School, and became a basketball and baseball official. He was inducted into both the NYU Hall of Fame in 1976 and the Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.[3] He died in 1998 at age 81, after battling emphysema and cirrhosis of the liver.[4]

References
  1. Chuck Otterson (July 20, 1997). "Reflections from a Hall of Fame life". The Palm Beach Post. p. 9C.
  2. "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  3. Chuck Otterson (April 3, 1988). "People To Watch: Ed Boell". The Palm Beach Post. p. 3F – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Ed Boell, 81, longtime coach, 1940 NFL draft favorite, dead". The Palm Beach Post. March 16, 1998. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
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