Biographical details | |
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Born | Adair, Iowa, U.S. | June 3, 1899
Died | June 21, 1961 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | (aged 62)
Alma mater | University of Notre Dame (1922) |
Playing career | |
1919–1921 | Notre Dame |
Position(s) | Left halfback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1933–1941 | Fordham (backfield) |
1942 | Fordham |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 5–3–1 |
Earl Francis Walsh (June 3, 1899 – June 21, 1961) was an American football player and coach. He served the head football coach at Fordham University in 1942, compiling a record of 5–3–1. From 1933 to 1941, Walsh was the backfield coach at Fordham under head coach Jim Crowley, a fellow alumnus of the University of Notre Dame. Walsh previously coached at Dowling College and at the Catholic Academy in Des Moines, Iowa.[1] He died at a Chicago hospital in 1961.[2]