Thurston Towle

Thurston Towle
Personal information
Born:	January 1, 1905; Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died:	October 19, 1960 (aged 55); Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
College:	Brown University
Position:	End
Career history
	Boston Bulldogs (1929);
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Edward Thurston Towle (January 1, 1905 – October 19, 1960) was an American football player.

Towle was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1905 and attended the Moses Brown School in Providence. He then attended Brown University.^[1] He played for the 1926 Brown Bears football team that compiled a 9–0–1 and became known as the "Iron Men" due to playing without substitution in key games. Towle played all but two minutes against Yale, Dartmouth, and Harvard.^[2]

He was hired as Brown's ends coach in the fall of 1928.^[3] He continued in that post at least through the 1935 season.^[4]^[5]

He also played one game in the National Football League (NFL) with the Boston Bulldogs during the 1929 season.^[1]

Towle was later inducted into the Brown Athletics Hall of Fame.^[6]

Towle died in 1960 at age 46.^[7]

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