Edward Joseph "Catfoot" Cody (February 27, 1923 – October 16, 1994) was an
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
player and coach. He played professionally in the
National Football League
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(NFL).
Biography
Cody was born on February 27, 1923 in
Newington, Connecticut
Newington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. Located south of downtown Hartford, Newington is an older, mainly residential suburb located in Greater Hartford. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,536. The Connecticu ...
.; and died on October 16, 1994.
Career
Cody played at the collegiate level at
Purdue University
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...
and
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...
., before being drafted by the
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
in the fifth round of the
1946 NFL Draft. He played fullback with Packers in 1947 and 1948, before moving to the
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...
where he played fullback and defensive back in 1949 and 1950.
After retiring as a player, Cody went into coaching; he spent 4 seasons (1956-1959) as the head coach of the
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
The UC Santa Barbara Gauchos are the intercollegiate athletic teams who represent the University of California, Santa Barbara. Referred to in athletic competition as ''UC Santa Barbara'' or ''UCSB'', the Gauchos participate in 19 NCAA Division I ...
. He then moved to the professional ranks, most notably as an assistant coach with the
Oakland Raiders
The Oakland Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Oakland from its founding in 1960 to 1981 and again from 1995 to 2019 before relocating to the Las Vegas metropolitan area where they now play as the Las Vegas Raide ...
(1960) and the Chicago Bears (1965–70). He was the defensive coordinator for the
Southern California Sun
The Southern California Sun were an American football team based in Anaheim, California that played in the World Football League in 1974 and 1975. Their records were 13-7 in 1974 and 7-5 in 1975. Their home stadium was Anaheim Stadium. They wer ...
in the
World Football League
The World Football League (WFL) was an American football league that played one full season in 1974 and most of its second in 1975. Although the league's proclaimed ambition was to bring American football onto a worldwide stage, the farthest t ...
.
[http://www.helmethut.com/WFL/WFLSun1.html]
Head coaching record
College
See also
*
List of Green Bay Packers players
The following is a list of notable past or present players of the Green Bay Packers professional American football team.
All-time roster
* Green Bay Packers players: A-D
* Green Bay Packers players: E-K
* Green Bay Packers players: L-R
* Green Bay ...
References
1923 births
1994 deaths
American football fullbacks
Boston College Eagles football players
Chicago Bears coaches
Chicago Bears players
Green Bay Packers players
Oakland Raiders coaches
Purdue Boilermakers football players
Southern California Sun coaches
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football coaches
People from Newington, Connecticut
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