Edward A. Jontos
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | Connecticut, U.S. | June 14, 1910
Died | November 26, 1996 Troy, New York, U.S. | (aged 86)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1933–1935 | Syracuse |
Basketball | |
1933–1934 | Syracuse |
Position(s) | Guard (football) Forward (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1936 | Syracuse (assistant) |
1937–1941 | St. Bonaventure (assistant) |
1945 | Camp Peary |
1946–1952 | RPI |
Basketball | |
1937–1942 | St. Bonaventure (assistant) |
Lacrosse | |
1937 | Syracuse (assistant) |
1961–1959 | RPI |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 24–38–2 (football) 52–50 (lacrosse) |
Edward A. Jontos (June 14, 1910 – November 26, 1996) was an American football, basketball, and lacrosse player and coach. He was a three-sport athlete at Syracuse University in the early 1930s.[1] and was selected by the New York Giants in the 1936 NFL draft.[2][3] Jontos served as the head football coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York from 1946 to 1952, compiling a record of 19–35–2.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Edward Jontos". orangehoops.org. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "1936 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
- ^ "Edward Jontos". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
- ^ "Edward A. Jontos". RPI Engineers. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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- American basketball biography, 1910s birth stubs