Ed Lawrence Explained

Ed Lawrence
Birth Date:16 July 1906
Birth Place:Fitchburg, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Moapa, Nevada, U.S.
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lbs:165
Position:Halfback, end, fullback
High School:Fitchburg
College:Brown
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Pfr:LawrEd20

Edward James Lawrence (July 16, 1906 – November 21, 1961) was an American football player who played professionally for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Boston Bulldogs in 1929 and the Staten Island Stapletons in 1930. Prior to joining the NFL, Lawrence played college football at Brown University. He was a member of the 1926 "Iron Men" Brown football team, which went 9–0–1, and played all but two minutes against Yale, Dartmouth, and Harvard.[1]

After graduating from Brown in 1927, Lawrence worked in insurance and then as marketing specialist in Providence, Rhode Island.[2] He was later the comptroller for the Warm Springs Ranch in Moapa, Nevada. He died on November 21, 1961, in Moapa.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/january/february-2002/farbers-fame.html Farber's Fame
  2. News: . Edward S.[sic] Lawrence ]. . . November 23, 1961 . 75 . September 8, 2024 . .
  3. News: . Ed Lawrence, Ex-Iron Man, Dies at 56 . . . November 25, 1961 . 22 . September 8, 2024 . .