Elbert Caraway

Elbert Francis "Ebb" Caraway (January 1, 1905 – September 8, 1975) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Massachusetts State College—now known as 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 head coaching 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] He was the school's acting athletic director during World War II.^[3]

Elbert Caraway

Caraway pictured in Epitome 1946, Lehigh yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1905-01-01)January 1, 1905 Sherman, Texas, U.S.[1]
Died	September 8, 1975(1975-09-08) (aged 70) Carthage, New York, U.S.
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
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1943–1946	Lehigh
Head coaching record
Overall	9–32–3 (football) 122–130–2 (baseball)

Caraway died of a heart attack on September 8, 1975, at his home in Carthage, New York.^[4]

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

Statistics overview

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