Ed Cody
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| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||
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| Born: | February 27, 1923 Newington, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||||
| Died: | October 16, 1994 (aged 71) Orange County, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | New Britain (New Britain, Connecticut) | ||||||||
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| NFL draft: | 1946 / round: 5 / pick: 36 | ||||||||
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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).
Career
[edit]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]
Head coaching record
[edit]College
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Santa Barbara / UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (California Collegiate Athletic Association) (1956–1959) | |||||||||
| 1956 | Santa Barbara | 5–5 | 1–1 | 3rd | L Citricado Bowl | ||||
| 1957 | UC Santa Barbara | 6–2 | 1–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1958 | UC Santa Barbara | 4–4–1 | 3–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1959 | UC Santa Barbara | 6–4 | 2–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| Santa Barbara / UC Santa Barbara: | 21–15–1 | 7–7 | |||||||
| Total: | 21–15–1 | ||||||||
Junior college
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| San Bernardino Indians (Eastern Conference) (1962–1964) | |||||||||
| 1962 | San Bernardino | 3–6 | 3–6 | T–6th | |||||
| 1963 | San Bernardino | 6–2–1 | 6–2–1 | 3rd | |||||
| 1964 | San Bernardino | 5–4 | 3–4 | 5th | |||||
| San Bernardino: | 14–12–1 | 12–12–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 14–12–1 | ||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Southern California WFL". HelmetHut.com. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
- ^ "Football All-Time Season Scores" (PDF). San Bernardino Valley College Athletics. p. 4. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
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