Number: | 17, 16 |
Position: | Fullback |
Birth Date: | 27 February 1923 |
Birth Place: | Newington, Connecticut, U.S. |
Death Place: | Orange County, California, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 194 |
High School: | New Britain (New Britain, Connecticut) |
Draftyear: | 1946 |
Draftround: | 5 |
Draftpick: | 36 |
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Statlabel1: | Rushing attempts |
Statvalue1: | 93 |
Statlabel2: | Rushing yards |
Statvalue2: | 346 |
Statlabel3: | Touchdowns |
Statvalue3: | 2 |
Pfr: | CodyEd20 |
Edward Joseph "Catfoot" Cody (February 27, 1923 – October 16, 1994) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL).
Cody played at the collegiate level at Purdue University and Boston College, before being drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 1946 NFL draft. He played fullback with Packers in 1947 and 1948, before moving to the Chicago Bears where he played fullback and defensive back in 1949 and 1950.
After retiring as a player, Cody went into coaching. He spent four seasons, from 1956 to 1959 as the head football coach at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He then moved to the professional ranks, most notably as an assistant coach with the Oakland Raiders (1960) and the Chicago Bears (1965–1970). He was the defensive coordinator for the Southern California Sun in the World Football League.[1]