Carl Pray

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| name = Carl Pray

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1870|3|30}}

| birth_place = Dimondale, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|8|10|1870|3|30}}

| death_place = Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S.

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| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1897–1899

| coach_team2 = Central Michigan

| coach_sport3 = Baseball

| coach_years4 = 1899–1900

| coach_team4 = Central Michigan

| overall_record = 6–5 (football)
3–4 (baseball)

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Carl Esek Pray (March 30, 1870 – August 10, 1949) was the head coach of the Central Michigan college football program from 1897 to 1899. A graduate of Olivet College, he was a history instructor at the Milwaukee Normal School after leaving Central Michigan.{{cite news|title=Prof C. E. Pray Resigns|newspaper=The Daily Commonwealth|date=August 11, 1913|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20565972/prof_c_e_pray_resigns/|via=Newspapers.com}} He was also a professor of history at Michigan State Normal College for 23 years, from 1913 to 1936.{{cite news|title=Prominent State Educator Dies|newspaper=Lansing State Journal|date=August 12, 1949|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20565865/prominent_state_educator_dies/|via=Newspapers.com}}