Coy, Ted
(24 May 1888–08 September 1935)
- Marcia G. Synnott
Extract
Coy, Ted (24 May 1888–08 September 1935), college athlete, coach, and sportswriter, was born Edward Harris Coy in Andover, Massachusetts, the son of Edward Gustin Coy, a master of Phillips Andover Academy, and Helen Eliza Marsh. He graduated from the Hotchkiss School in 1906, two years after his father, its first headmaster, died. Coy earned a B.A. degree in 1910 from Yale College, which had been attended by his father, brother, and two uncles, one of whom was former college president ...
