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Ed Wright

Ed Wright

Inducted:
1986
Graduated:
1920
Sport(s):
Football/Men's Basketball

As A Statesmen:

Captained the football and basketball teams. Noted for drop-kicking ability.

After Graduation:

Head coach in football, basketball, track, and baseball beginning in 1930. Called "The Wonder-Man of the Iowa Conference" by the Des Moines Register after Penn went undefeated in 1930, giving up one TD in the first half of the first game, then finished the season unscored upon.