 Caraway pictured in Epitome 1946, Lehigh yearbook | |
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1, 1905 Sherman, Texas, U.S.[1] |
| Died | September 8, 1975 (aged 70) Carthage, New York, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1927–1929 | Purdue |
| Baseball | |
| 1928–1930 | Purdue |
| 1930 | Shawnee Robins |
| 1931 | Beaumont Exporters |
| Position(s) | End (football) Outfielder, second baseman (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1933–1934 | Lehigh (ends) |
| 1936–1940 | Massachusetts State |
| Baseball | |
| 1937–1940 | Massachusetts State |
| 1942–1952 | Lehigh |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 9–32–3 (football) 122–130–2 (baseball) |
Elbert Francis "Ebb" Caraway (January 1, 1905 – September 8, 1975) was an American football and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Massachusetts State College, now the University of Massachusetts Amherst, from 1936 to 1940, tallying a mark of 9–32–3. Caraway was also the head baseball coach at Massachusetts State from 1937 to 1941 and at Lehigh University from 1942 to 1952, compiling a career college baseball record of 122–130–2. Caraway attended Purdue University and played end for the Purdue Boilermakers from 1927 to 1929. He also played baseball at Purdue and was captain of the 1930 squad. Caraway first went to Lehigh in 1933 as the ends coach on the football team under A. Austin Tate and continued the following season under fellow Purdue alumnus Glen Harmeson.[2] Caraway died of an attack on September 8, 1975, at his home in Carthage, New York.[3]
