Ed Lawrence

{{Short description|American football player (1906–1961)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Ed Lawrence

| image =

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|7|16}}

| birth_place = Fitchburg, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|11|21|1906|7|16}}

| death_place = Moapa, Nevada, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lbs = 165

| position = Halfback, end, fullback

| high_school = Fitchburg

| college = Brown

| teams =

• Boston Bulldogs (1929)
• Staten Island Stapletons (1930)

| pfr = LawrEd20

}}

Edward James Lawrence (July 16, 1906 – November 21, 1961) was an American football player who played professionally for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Boston Bulldogs in 1929 and the Staten Island Stapletons in 1930. Prior to joining the NFL, Lawrence played college football at Brown University. He was a member of the 1926 "Iron Men" Brown football team, which went 9–0–1, and played all but two minutes against Yale, Dartmouth, and Harvard.[http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/january/february-2002/farbers-fame.html Farber's Fame] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821190853/http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/january/february-2002/farbers-fame.html |date=August 21, 2008 }}, Brown Alumni Magazine, January/February 2002.

After graduating from Brown in 1927, Lawrence worked in insurance and then as marketing specialist in Providence, Rhode Island.{{cite news |author= |title=Edward S.[sic] Lawrence |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-obituary-for-edward-s/154897771/ |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=November 23, 1961 |page=75 |access-date=September 8, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} He was later the comptroller for the Warm Springs Ranch in Moapa, Nevada. He died on November 21, 1961, in Moapa.{{cite news |author= |title=Ed Lawrence, Ex-Iron Man, Dies at 56 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-berkshire-eagle/154897263/ |newspaper=The Berkshire Eagle |location=Pittsfield, Massachusetts |date=November 25, 1961 |page=22 |access-date=September 8, 2024 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}