Edgar Newcomb Wrightington (July 30, 1875 – October 31, 1945) was an American college football player and coach. He attended Harvard University, where he played as a halfback for the Harvard Crimson and was selected to the 1896 College Football All-America Team. He served as Harvard's head football coach in 1904. Wrightington later became a successful banker and oil and gas company executive. He served in various executive positions with Boston Consolidated Gas Cos., the New England Fuel and Transportation Co., and Beacon Oil Co. Biography Wrightington was born on July 30, 1875 in Brookline, Massachusetts to Charles W. Wrightington and Catherine G. Schermerhorn. He died in Salem, Massachusetts in 1945 at age 70. Head coaching record References 1875 births 1945 deaths 19th-century players of American football American football halfbacks Harvard Crimson football coaches Harvard Crimson football players All-American college football players Players of American football from Massachusetts