For another athlete and sports coach, see Tom Eck.
Thomas Eck
Biographical details
Born
(1914-03-29)March 29, 1914 Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
June 21, 1988(1988-06-21) (aged 74) North Port, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
1935–1937
Colgate
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1938–1941
Northampton HS (MA)
1942–1944
Massachusetts State (line)
1945
Massachusetts State
1946
Massachusetts State (line)
1947–1951
Massachusetts / UMass
1952–1955
Thornton Academy (ME)
1956–1960
New Bedford (MA)
1961?–1975
Chelmsford (MA)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1952–1955
Thornton Academy (ME)
1961?–1975
Chelmsford (MA)
Head coaching record
Overall
17–23–4 (college)
Thomas Woodrow[1] Eck (March 29, 1914 – June 21, 1988) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst—known as Massachusetts State College until 1947—in 1945 and from 1947 to 1951, compiling a record of 17–23–4. He also served as the line coach from 1942 to 1944 and in 1946.[2] Eck was the head coach when the Redmen, not known as the Minutemen until 1972, transitioned from independent status to their first official football conference, the Yankee Conference, in 1947.
Eck played college football for three years at Colgate University, from which he graduated in 1938. After coaching high school football in Massachusetts, he served as a special projects officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He began his coaching career with Northampton High School, he served that post until 1941.[3][4] From 1952 to 1955, he coached football at Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine, tallying a mark of 33–4–2 that featured a 24-game winning streak. His teams at Thornton won two Western Maine Conference titles and two State of Maine Class FFF titles.[5] He served as the head football coach for New Bedford High School from 1956 to 1960 and Chelmsford High School until 1975.[6] He retired from coaching in 1975.[7]
Eck had two sons. His son Thomas W. Eck Jr., died on February 27, 1968 from injured sustained in a car crash.[8] Eck Sr., died on June 21, 1988.[7]
^University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook - Class of 1949, Page 275
^"Mass. State College Starts Football Work Under Hargesheimer Today". The Boston Globe. September 8, 1946. p. 32. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
^"Former Colgate Star Given Job As Coach". The News and Advance. p. 4. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
^"Northampton". Montpelier Evening Argus. May 7, 1938. p. 3. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
^"TA Hall of Fame 2010". Thornton Academy. October 11, 2010. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
^"Eck Named To Posts In Schools Of New Bedford". Biddeford-Saco Journal. July 25, 1956. p. 1. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
^ ab"Thomas W. Eck". Daily Hampshire Gazette. June 25, 1988. p. 4. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
^"Wesleyan Football Aide Dies of Crash Injuries". Hartford Courant. February 28, 1968. p. 4. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
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