Eddie Mahan

Eddie Mahan
Harvard Crimson
Position	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	January 19, 1892; Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:	July 22, 1975 (aged 83); Natick, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	171 lb (78 kg)
Career history
College	Harvard (1913–1915); League Island Marines (1917)
Career highlights and awards
	National champion (1913); 3× Consensus All-American (1913, 1914, 1915); First-team All-Service (1917); Thorpe All-time All-America team;
	College Football Hall of Fame (1951)

Edward William Mahan (January 19, 1892 – July 22, 1975) was an American football player. While playing halfback for Harvard, Mahan was selected as a first-team All-American three consecutive years from 1913 to 1915. He was widely regarded as one of the greatest football players in the first 50 years of the sport and was named by Jim Thorpe as the greatest football player of all time. In 1951, he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as part of the first group of inductees.

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