Jack Eadie (born ) was a

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player and coach who was the head coach of the Regina Ruby Club from 1922 to 1923. After his time with Regina he was a multi-sport coach at Berkeley High School from 1924 to 1954, retiring at the age of 65.

Sports career

Eadie played college football at

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. Eadie's first professional team was the

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. He played his first season in 1920. In 1922, he was named head coach of Regina. In his first season, Regina went undefeated with a 4–0 record, but lost in the playoffs to the

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. He was described in a 1923 article by ''

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'' as, "undoubtedly one of Canada's best." In his second season, they went 3–1, making the

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for the first time in team history. However, Regina lost 54–0. Eadie left the Rugby Club in 1924 and became a coach at Berkeley High School in

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. He originally was given the tasks of basketball, baseball, and swimming coach but was assigned football in 1931. He retired from coaching in 1954, after 30 seasons. As coach of the baseball team, they won 9 Alameda championships.

References

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