Elbert Caraway

Elbert Caraway

Caraway pictured in Epitome 1946, Lehigh yearbook
Sport(s)	Football, baseball
Biographical details
Born	January 1, 1905 Sherman, Texas[1]
Died	September 1975 (aged 70) Jefferson, New York
Playing career
Football
1927–1929	Purdue
Baseball
1928–1930	Purdue
1930	Shawnee Robins
1931	Beaumont Exporters
Position(s)	End (football) Outfielder, second baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1933–1934	Lehigh (ends)
1936–1940	Massachusetts State
Baseball
1937–1940	Massachusetts State
1942–1952	Lehigh
Head coaching record
Overall	9–32–3 (football) 122–130–2 (baseball)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

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.^[2]

Head coaching record

Football

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1936–1940)
1936	Massachusetts State	2–6
1937	Massachusetts State	1–7–1
1938	Massachusetts State	3–6
1939	Massachusetts State	2–5–2
1940	Massachusetts State	1–8
Massachusetts State:		9–32–3
Total:		9–32–3

Baseball

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Massachusetts State Aggies (Independent) (1936–1940)
1936	Massachusetts State	2–10–1
1937	Massachusetts State	11–3
1938	Massachusetts State	10–3
1939	Massachusetts State	14–5–1
1940	Massachusetts State	3–8
Massachusetts State:		40–29–2
Lehigh Engineers (Independent) (1942–1952)
Lehigh:		82–101
Total:		122–130–2

References

1. Howes, Durward (1938). America's Young Men. Richard Blank Publishing Company.
2. Danzig, Allsion (September 24, 1934). "Lehigh Squad Shows Fine Spirit As It Learns Notre Dame System; Football at Bethlehem Appears on Upgrade Under Harmeson, New Coach—Ock and Stallings Are Outstanding Players—Guard and Centre Posts Provide Problem.". The New York Times. Retrieved July 16, 2011.

External links

• Elbert Caraway at the College Football Data Warehouse
• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)