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| Position | Halfback | ||||
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| Born | July 25, 1900 Medford, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||
| Died | May 1, 1982 (aged 81)[1] St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. | ||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||||
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| High school | Medford | ||||
| College | Colgate | ||||
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Joseph Edward Tryon (July 25, 1900 – May 1, 1982) was an American football player and coach. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963.
Biography
[edit]Tryon played the halfback position at Colgate University from 1922 to 1925.[2] As a senior in 1925, Tryon led Colgate to an undefeated 7-0-2 record and scored 111 points (15 touchdowns and 21 extra points).[2] Tryon still holds the Colgate record for most touchdowns (7) and most points scored in a game (42); a feat he accomplished in a 1923 game against Niagara.[3] He was selected by Athlete and Sportsman magazine and the New York Sun as a first-team player on their 1925 College Football All-America Teams.[4][5] In the following two years, he played in the AFL I then the National Football League for the New York Yankees at the tailback position.[6] In the AFL's only season, Eddie Tryon led the league in points with 72. In his only NFL season, Tryon scored 44 points and was selected as a second-team All-NFL player by the Green Bay Press-Gazette.[6]
Hobart
[edit]Tryon was the head football coach at Hobart and William Smith Colleges from 1946 to 1962, compiling a record of 65–52–7.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "J. Edward Tryon, Former Football Star, Dies". Hartford Courant. May 5, 1982. p. 21.
- 1 2 Ray Schmidt. "Eddie Tryon" (PDF). College Football Historical Society Newsletter.
- ↑ "Niagara Overwhelmed By Colgate Eleven". Colgate Maroon.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Coaches To Pick All Star Eleven: Jim Thorpe Canvasses Athletic Heads". Cedar Rapids Republican. December 4, 1925.
- ↑ "Here's An All-American Picked By New York Sun Favors Eastern Players". Hamilton Evening Journal. November 28, 1925.
- 1 2 "Eddie Tryon NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
- ↑ "Eddie Tryon". hwsathletics.com. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Eddie Tryon at the College Football Hall of Fame
- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
- 1900 births
- 1982 deaths
- American football halfbacks
- Colgate Raiders football players
- Hobart Statesmen football coaches
- New York Yankees (NFL) players
- All-American college football players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- Players of American football from Medford, Massachusetts
- Coaches of American football from Massachusetts
- 20th-century American sportsmen