Thurston Towle
Edward Thurston Towle (January 1, 1905 – October 19, 1960) was an American football player.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born: | January 1, 1905 Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Died: | October 19, 1960 (aged 55) Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight: | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: | Brown University |
| Position: | End |
| Career history | |
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| Player stats at PFR | |
Towle was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1905 and attended the Moses Brown School in Providence. He then attended Brown University.[1] He played for the 1926 Brown Bears football team that compiled a 9–0–1 and became known as the "Iron Men" due to playing without substitution in key games. Towle played all but two minutes against Yale, Dartmouth, and Harvard.[2]
He was hired as Brown's ends coach in the fall of 1928.[3] He continued in that post at least through the 1935 season.[4][5]
He also played one game in the National Football League (NFL) with the Boston Bulldogs during the 1929 season.[1]
Towle was later inducted into the Brown Athletics Hall of Fame.[6]
Towle died in 1960 at age 46.[7]
References
- "Thurston Towle". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
- Farber's Fame Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, Brown Alumni Magazine, January/February 2002.
- "Star Wing Man on Brown's 1926 Football Team to Aid McLaughry: Thurston Towle of "Iron Man" Eleven To Coach Brown Ends". The Boston Globe. September 7, 1928. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Thurston Towle Made Coach of Brown Ends". The Hartford Courant. July 18, 1930. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Hodge and Towle Resign Coaching Jobs At Brown". The Hartford Courant. December 29, 1935. p. 29 – via Newspaper.com.
- http://www.brownbears.com/sports/m-footbl/125th-football/hof.html%5B%5D
- "Thurston Towle Dead, Ex-Brown 'Iron Man'". Alabama Journal. October 20, 1960. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.