Ed Cook (basketball)

Ed Cook
Cook from The Arbutus, 1907
Playing career
1907–1908Indiana
PositionForward
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1908Indiana
1911–1912Franklin (IN)
Head coaching record
Overall25–15

Edmund Charles Cook was an American basketball player and coach.

Cook was born in approximately 1888 and attended Manual Training High School in Indianapolis.[1] He also played basketball at the German House. He enrolled at Indiana University in 1906 and played for the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team in the 1906–07 season and returned as a player in the 1907–08 season.[2][3] After being declared academically ineligible, he took over as the head basketball coach for the 1907–08 season, compiling a record of 9–6.[4] He later coached the basketball team at Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana for the 1910–11 and 1911–12 seasons, compiling a 25–16 record.[4][5] He later became captain of the Third Christian basketball team.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Post-Graduate Rule Blow To M.T.H.S. Athletics". The Indianapolis News. February 19, 1906. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Edmund Cook". The Indianapolis News. December 24, 1906. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Cook Elected Indiana Captain". The Indianapolis News. March 4, 1908. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Eddie Cook". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
  5. ^ "Cook To Coach Franklin: Former Training School Star Will Lead College Basketball Five". The Indianapolis News. December 2, 1910. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Leads Third Christian Five: Ed Cook". The Indianapolis News. February 22, 1913. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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