Hall of Fame
Position: Tackle
Years: 1914, 1916-1917, 1919
Place of Birth: Indian Orchard, MA
Date of Birth: Dec 28, 1894
Place of Death: South Bend, IN
Date of Death: Dec 10, 1978
Height: 6-2
Weight: 190
High School: Springfield, MA (Springfield Classical HS)
Other College: Holy Cross
Ed Healey was a huge man, thick-necked and full-muscled in the manner of most great linemen. The Dartmouth tackle was once described by All-American pollster Walter Camp as the best he ever saw. His full name was Edward Francis Healey Jr., and he grew up on a farm outside Springfield, Massachusetts. He had eight sisters and no brothers. Healey first played at Holy Cross in 1914 and then at Dartmouth in 1916, 1917, 1919, with one year out for Army service. He played in the National Football League 1920-27 with Rock Island and the Chicago Bears and was all-pro five times. Healey worked as a sales manager for several firms and moved several times. Wherever he made his home, he took on added duties as an assistant football coach. He had such jobs at two universities, Creighton and Notre Dame, at Culver Military Academy, and at high schools in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, and Rock Island, Illinois. Healey was born December 28, 1894, at Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, and died December 10, 1978, at South Bend, Indiana. He is in both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame.
