Edgar Glass

American football player (1879–1944) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edgar Toll Glass (May 24, 1879 – April 9, 1944) was an American football player. He played college football at Syracuse University and Yale University. He was selected as a consensus All-American at the guard position in 1902.[1][2] Glass played two years of college football at Syracuse before coming to Yale and, after a challenge to his eligibility by Harvard, was declared ineligible to compete in the 1903 football season under the four-year eligibility rule.[3][4][5] He was also a shot putter who participated in the combined Harvard-Yale track team that traveled to England in 1904 to compete against athletes from Oxford and Cambridge.[6] Glass was born in Syracuse, New York, and lived in West Hartford, Connecticut, in his later years. He was a sales manager for Steel and Tubes, Inc.[6][7]

PositionTackle
Born(1879-05-24)May 24, 1879
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 9, 1944(1944-04-09) (aged 64)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
CollegeSyracuse (19001901)
Yale (1902)
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Edgar T. Glass
Yale Bulldogs
PositionTackle
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Born(1879-05-24)May 24, 1879
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 9, 1944(1944-04-09) (aged 64)
Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
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CollegeSyracuse (19001901)
Yale (1902)
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