Edgar Wrightington
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.
| 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 | |
| All-American (1896) | |
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.