Ed Hunsinger | |
Birth Date: | 28 June 1901 |
Birth Place: | Chillicothe, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1922–1924 |
Player Team1: | Notre Dame |
Player Years2: | 1925 |
Player Team2: | Waterbury Blues |
Player Years3: | 1925 |
Player Team3: | Hartford Blues |
Player Years4: | 1926 |
Player Team4: | Brooklyn Horsemen |
Player Positions: | End |
Coach Years1: | 1926–1932 |
Coach Team1: | Villanova (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1933–1934 |
Coach Team2: | Fordham (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1935–1936 |
Coach Team3: | Niagara |
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Edward Hunsinger (June 8, 1901 – August 23, 1960) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as an end at the University of Notre Dame. He played for the Fighting Irish from 1922 until 1924 and was a member of the "Seven Mules" line that blocked for the famed Four Horsemen. Hunsinger had not played football prior to his time with the Irish.
Hunsinger was involved with the Irish All-Stars 1925 exhibition game against the Pottsville Maroons, which led to the Maroons being stripped of the 1925 NFL Championship. Also in 1925, Hunsinger was signed on to play professional football for the Waterbury/Hartford Blues, which were later members of the National Football League (NFL) in 1926. By 1926, he was playing for the Brooklyn Horsemen of the first American Football League.
During the mid-1930s Hunsinger was an ends coach at Fordham University, where he moved Vince Lombardi from end to guard. He served as the head football coach at Niagara University from 1935 to 1936.[1]
Hunsinger died on August 23, 1960, at Philadelphia General Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[2]