Charles Comerford
{{Short description|American college football player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college football player
| name = Charles Comerford
| image = Charles Comerford (1919).png
| school = Yale Bulldogs
| currentposition = End
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1894|5|12}}
| birth_place = Brookline, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1962|7|24|1894|5|12}}
| death_place = Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
| pastschools = Yale (1916)
| highlights =
- First-team All-American (1916)
}}
Charles Aloysius Comerford (May 12, 1894 – July 24, 1962) was an American college football player. He played at the end position at Yale University and selected as a first-team All-American in 1916.
Early years
Comerford was born in 1894 in Brookline, Massachusetts. His father, James Comerford, was a Brookline police officer and an immigrant from Ireland.{{cite news|title=Patrolman Comerford of Brookline Dead|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=October 30, 1917|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-comerford/137092233/|via=Newspapers.com}} Comerford attended the Brookline schools and Phillips Exeter Academy.
Yale
Comerford played at the end position for Yale University and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1916 by the International News Service and The Boston Post.{{cite news|author=Jack Velock|title=Have Hard Job Selecting All-American Team|publisher=Lima Times Democrat|date=December 4, 1916}}{{cite news|title=Here's All-American Eleven for 1916|publisher=The Times (Hammond, IN)|date=1916-12-05}} The Norwich Bulletin in December 1916 wrote:
Comerford has starred throughout the season for the Blue eleven. He is a deadly tackler and has a good power f sizing up attacks. Comerford is quite adopted to the handling of the forward pass. Comerford in the Harvard game was at his best and it will be remembered of his speed in getting down underneath punts.{{cite news|title=All-American Football Team|newspaper=Norwich Bulletin|date=December 2, 1916|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/norwich-bulletin-all-american-football-t/137091050/|via=Newspapers.com}}
In 1917, Comerford enlisted in a Vermont regiment of the American Expeditionary Forces, serving in France during World War I. He served in France until February 1919.US Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939. Charles A. Comerford of Brookline, Mass., departed from Marseille, France, on February 10, 1919.
In 1919, after returning from France, Comerford returned to Yale as a pitcher for the baseball team and as an assistant football coach.{{cite news|title=Comerford Joins Coaches at Yale: Former 'Varsity End Added to Football Advisory Board -- Team Tries New Plays|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 7, 1919|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-comerford/137088363/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Charlie Comerford Goes Back To Yale|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=April 4, 1919|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-comerford/137092648/|via=Newspapers.com}} He continued to be an assistant football coach at Yale at least through the 1922 season.{{cite news|title=Will Coach Yale Ends: Comerford to Assist Jones on Grid-Iron Again Next Season|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 29, 1922|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-comerford/137088107/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Later years
Comerford worked as an adjudicator for the Veterans Administration in Boston. His wife was the president of the League of Catholic Women in Boston.{{cite news|title=Catholic Women's League President Tells How Children Help Her Carry on|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=May 20, 1951|page=16A|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-comerford/137093809/|via=Newspapers.com}} He died in 1962 at age 68 at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts.{{cite news|title=Charles Comerford, Adjudicator at VA, Ex-Football Coach|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=July 25, 1962|page=20|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-charles-comerford-adju/137087908/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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Category:American football ends
Category:Yale Bulldogs baseball players
Category:Yale Bulldogs football coaches
Category:Yale Bulldogs football players
Category:All-American college football players
Category:United States Army personnel of World War I
Category:United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II
Category:United States Army Air Forces officers
Category:Phillips Exeter Academy alumni
Category:Baseball players from Brookline, Massachusetts
Category:Coaches of American football from Massachusetts
Category:Players of American football from Brookline, Massachusetts