Edward A. Jontos | |
Birth Date: | 14 June 1910 |
Birth Place: | Connecticut, U.S. |
Death Place: | Troy, New York, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1933–1935 |
Player Team2: | Syracuse |
Player Sport3: | Basketball |
Player Years4: | 1933–1934 |
Player Team4: | Syracuse |
Player Positions: | Guard (football) Forward (basketball) |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1936 |
Coach Team2: | Syracuse (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1937–1941 |
Coach Team3: | St. Bonaventure (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 1945 |
Coach Team4: | Camp Peary |
Coach Years5: | 1946–1952 |
Coach Team5: | RPI |
Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
Coach Years7: | 1937–1942 |
Coach Team7: | St. Bonaventure (assistant) |
Coach Sport8: | Lacrosse |
Coach Years9: | 1937 |
Coach Team9: | Syracuse (assistant) |
Coach Years10: | 1961–1959 |
Coach Team10: | RPI |
Overall Record: | 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]