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Edward Joseph Race (22 October 1914 – 23 May 2005)
Early life
Born in Pittsburgh, PA, his Uncle brought him to Milwaukee and enrolled him in Pio Nono High School where he played football, basketball, and baseball, earning all-conference and WCIAA all-state honors in basketball for the 1932-33 season. In 1933, he was recruited by Loyola Marymount in California, he played 4 years of football and 3 years of hockey. As the goalkeeper, he helped the Loyola Hockey team to a 47-5-2 record and two Hoover Cup Championships. He graduated in 1937 with a B.S. in Philosophy and English. He was also cast as a hockey player in the 1937 film The Game that Kills.
Coaching career
From 1938 -1941, he taught and established the athletic program at St. Benedict the Moore School in Milwaukee, coaching football, and basketball.
From 1941 – 1947, he taught and coached football, hockey, boxing, and baseball at Messmer High School.
In 1947 -1948, he coached football, hockey, boxing, and baseball at St. Francis Minor Seminary (now Thomas More High School).
At St. Catherine's High School in Racine, from 1948 to 1961, Ed was the head coach for football (80-31-6) and baseball, and the assistant basketball coach. In that time, his football teams produce 6 conference championships and went undefeated for 3 seasons straight (1955,1956,1957).
In 1961, he coached football at Pulaski High School in Milwaukee. The next year, he moved to Cudahy High School, coaching football and volleyball until 1969, retiring from there in 1983. In the summers, he taught at Knute Rockne summer camp in northern Wisconsin.
Awards and honors
Wisconsin Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame 1996 Loyola Marymount University Hall of Fame 1993 St. Thomas More High School Hall of Fame 1997