Edward Hirshberg

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1908–1983)}}

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| name = Edward Hirshberg

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|12|27}}

| birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|12|27|1908|12|27}}

| death_place = North Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1929–1931

| player_team1 = Pittsburgh

| player_positions = End

| coach_years1 = 1932

| coach_team1 = St. Thomas (PA) (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1933–1935

| coach_team2 = Pittsburgh (ends)

| coach_years3 = 1937–1939

| coach_team3 = Dartmouth (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1940–1941

| coach_team4 = West Virginia (ends)

| coach_years5 = 1942

| coach_team5 = Yale (ends)

| coach_years6 = c. 1950–1959

| coach_team6 = Carnegie Mellon (assistant)

| coach_years7 = 1960–1962

| coach_team7 = Carnegie Mellon

| overall_record = 5–19

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Edward J. Hirshberg (December 27, 1908 – December 27, 1983) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh as an end and was team captain in 1931. Hirshberg served as the head football coach at the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1962, compiling a record of 5–19.{{cite web|url=http://athletics.cmu.edu/sports/fball/history/coachingrecords|title=All-Time Coaching Records|publisher=Carnegie Mellon University|access-date=December 30, 2018}} He also coached as an assistant at his alma mater, Pittsburgh, as well as St. Thomas College—now known as the University of Scranton, Dartmouth College, West Virginia University, and Yale University.{{cite news |author= |title=Ed Hirshberg To Aid Odell |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51888259/the-pittsburgh-press/ |newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |agency=United Press |date=June 3, 1942 |page=26 |access-date=May 22, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

Hirshberg was born in Louisville, Kentucky. During World War II he served in the Pacific as a colonel in the United States Marine Corps. Hirschberg later owned and operated WEDO, a radio station in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. He was also a housing developer, owner of the Boldoc Country Club in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and had an association with the Family Furniture Store in McKeesport. Hirshberg died on December 27, 1983, in North Miami Beach, Florida.{{cite news |author= |title=Edward Hirshberg dies, All-American at Pitt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51886623/obituary-for-edward-j-hirshberg-aged/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |date=December 31, 1983 |page=30 |access-date=May 22, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Litchfield |first=Edward H. |authorlink=Edward H. Litchfield |title=Saturday's Hero Is Doing Fine |url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1962/10/08/saturdays-hero-is-doing-fine |newspaper=Sports Illustrated |date=October 8, 1962 |access-date=December 30, 2018 }}