Ellery Channing Huntington Jr. (March 11, 1893 – July 2, 1987) was an
American football player and coach. He played
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
as a
quarterback at
Colgate University
Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...
. Huntington also served as the 19th head football coach at Colgate, holding that position for three seasons, from 1919 until 1921 and compiling a record of 10–10–5. He was elected to the
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were vote ...
in 1972.
In
World War II, Huntington worked directly for
William J. Donovan in the
Office of Strategic Services
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was the intelligence agency of the United States during World War II. The OSS was formed as an agency of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for all branc ...
and was instrumental in secret work for the Allies, especially during the invasion of North Africa.
[McIntosh, Elizabeth P. ''Sisterhood of Spies: The women of the OSS'', US Naval Institute Press, 1998, , page 21]
Head coaching record
References
External links
New York Times obituary*
*
1893 births
1987 deaths
American football quarterbacks
Colgate Raiders football coaches
Colgate Raiders football players
All-American college football players
College Football Hall of Fame inductees
People from Madison County, New York
Coaches of American football from New York (state)
Players of American football from New York (state)
Players of American football from Nashville, Tennessee
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