Hall of Fame
Position: Fullback
Years: 1907-1909
Place of Birth: Andover, MA
Date of Birth: May 23, 1888
Place of Death: New York, NY
Date of Death: Sep 08, 1935
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195
High School: Lakeville, CT (Hotchkiss School)Andover, MA (Andover Academy)
Yale partisans would burst into roars when Edwin "Ted" Coy got his hands on a football. The 6-0, 195-pound Eli fullback played in only one losing game during three varsity seasons. He was known for his abilities to lead the Bulldogs in come- from-behind victories. It was a familiar sight when Ted would burst through an enemy defense, his long blonde hair held back by a white sweatband. Coy was a pressure player who always seemed to come up with the big play. He ran through the line with hammering, high knee action then unleashed a fast, fluid running motion through the secondary. In 1907, he helped the Elis post a 9-0-1 record which was blemished only by a scoreless tie with Army. The next season, Coy repeated as a All-America as the Bulldogs finished with a 7-1-1 mark. That season he experienced his only collegiate loss, a 4-0 heartbreaker to Harvard in the final game of the year. As a senior, Coy captained the Yale club through one of the greatest seasons in Eli history. The Bulldogs finished 10-0-0 and ran off 209 points while holding every opponent scoreless. Coy was Yale football coach in 1910, when the team had a 6-2-2 record. In later years he held positions with Wall Street firms and wrote football articles for the New York World, Boston Globe, San Francisco Herald, and St. Nicholas Magazine. Coy was born May 23, 1888; he died September 8, 1935.
