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

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in the early 1930s. and was selected by the

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in the

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. Jontos served as the head football coach at

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(RPI) in Troy, New York from 1946 to 1952, compiling a record of 19–35–2.

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