Ed Sherman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ed Sherman

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1912

Place of Birth: Licking County, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 29-Sep-2009

Profession: coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Edgar A.
Sherman (July 13, 1912 – September 29, 2009) was an American football player and coach.
He served as the head football coach at Muskingum College from 1945 to 1966, compiling a record of 141–43–7, a winning percentage of .757.
He also served as Muskingum director of athletics, and he worked as a basketball referee.
His Muskingum coaching career ended after the 1966 season but he remained on the faculty through 1980.
He also coached the Muskingum track team and had a record of 111–21 in dual meets.
Sherman was known for his service to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA_.
He was the NCAA secretary-treasurer for a two-year term and chairman of a committee which established the I-A, I-AA, II, III divisions, he was on the NCAA television committee and the NCAA-NAIA joint committee.
He served 22 NCAA committees.
Sherman received a White House citation for contribution in athletics.
In 1982, he received the Corbett Award honoring his work as a college director of athletics.
In 1986 Muskingum named its football field for him.
Sherman was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1996.
He died on September 29, 2009.