# Ed Hart

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American football player (1887–1956)

Ed Hart Profile Position Tackle Personal information Born (1887-05-26)May 26, 1887 Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S. Died November 28, 1956(1956-11-28) (aged 69) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Listed weight 208 lb (94 kg) Career information High school Exeter (NH) Phillips Exeter College Princeton (1908–1911) Awards and highlights National champion (1911) Consensus All-American (1911) College Football Hall of Fame

**Edward J. Hart** (May 26, 1887 — November 28, 1956) was an American [football](/source/American_football) [tackle](/source/Tackle_(American_football)). He was a consensus [All-American](/source/College_Football_All-America_Team) in [1911](/source/1911_college_football_season). Hart played [high school football](/source/High_school_football) at [Phillips Exeter Academy](/source/Phillips_Exeter_Academy). In his last game at Phillips Exeter he suffered a dislocation in his neck when he ran into a goalpost. This resulted in Hart having to wear a neckbrace for his first three years of [college football](/source/College_football) at [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University). He removed the brace in 1911. He was the captain of the [Princeton Tigers football](/source/Princeton_Tigers_football) team in 1910 and 1911. Hart was a captain in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) in [World War I](/source/World_War_I) and major in the [United States Marines](/source/United_States_Marines) in [World War II](/source/World_War_II).[1] He was elected to the [College Football Hall of Fame](/source/College_Football_Hall_of_Fame) in 1954.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["YALE AND PRINCETON EVENLY MATCHED"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/11/18/104882703.pdf) (PDF). *The New York Times*. November 18, 1911. Retrieved May 19, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ed "EJ" Hart"](https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1306). footballfoundation.org. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

v t e 1911 Princeton Tigers football—national champions Hobey Baker Arthur Bluethenthal Joseph Duff Ed Hart Talbot Pendleton Robert E. Vaughan Sanford White Head coach Bill Roper

v t e 1911 College Football All-America Team consensus selections Backfield QB Art Howe QB Earl Sprackling HB Jim Thorpe HB Percy Wendell FB John Dalton Line E Douglas Bomeisler E Sanford White T Leland Devore T Edward Hart G Joseph Duff G Bob Fisher C Hank Ketcham

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