Thurston Towle
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Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
.jpg) Towle as Brown's ends coach in 1929 | |
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | End |
| 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 |
| Career history | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Edward Thurston Towle (January 1, 1905 – October 19, 1960) was an American football player.
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]
