| Ted Shultz | |
| Birth Date: | 24 November 1893 |
| Birth Place: | Logansport, Indiana |
| Player Years1: | 1912–1915 |
| Player Team1: | Washington and Lee |
| Player Years2: | 1917 |
| Player Team2: | Camp Jackson |
| Player Positions: | Tackle |
| Coach Years1: | 1916 |
| Coach Team1: | Denver (freshman) |
| Coach Years2: | 1919 |
| Coach Team2: | Washington and Lee (assistant) |
| Awards: | All-American (1914) 2x All-Southern (1914, 1915) |
Edwin Beswick Shultz (November 24, 1893 – February 1986) was a college football player and coach.
Shultz was born on November 24, 1893, in Logansport, Indiana to Dr. John Beswick Shultz and Anna L. Cooper. He attended Logansport High School.[1]
He was president of the student body.[2]
Shultz was a prominent All-American tackle for the Washington and Lee Generals of Washington and Lee University from 1912 to 1915.[3] He was renowned for his size at the time, somewhere between 6 feet 2 inches and 6 feet 4 inches.[4]
Shultz was the only freshman to make the varsity this season.[5] Shultz and captain Buck Miles were the tackles, a duo which "scintillated."[6]
Shultz was a member of the undefeated SAIAA champion 1914 team, which secured a share of the title when it finished the season with a victory over North Carolina A & M. The team included College Football Hall of Fame inductee Harry "Cy" Young.
An account of the 10 to 0 victory over Swarthmore that year reads "Left tackle Ted Shultz starred for the victors making long gains on forward passes and effecting tackles that checked Swarthmore."[7]
He was captain of W&L's 1915 team.[8] [9] During World War I, he played for Camp Jackson.
Shultz also played on the basketball team.
Shultz was once a secretary for the YMCA in Denver, Colorado,[10] and coached the freshman team of the University of Denver.[11] [12]