Edward Martin (college)

Edward Alfred Martin

• School Temple University, Negro Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina

• Born June 18, 1925 in Allentown, PA USA
• Died February 25, 2002 in Nashville, TN USA

Biographical Information

Edward Martin played for the Philadelphia Stars in 1951, in the dying days of the Negro Leagues. A shoulder injury ended his career; he then went into coaching and academia. He was a noted basketball coach, with over 500 wins. He also was head baseball coach at South Carolina State College, was a professor at Vanderbilt Universityand scouted for the NBA. He was also a World War II veteran.

Sources

• Vanderbilt
• Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame