Charles Comerford
Encyclopedia
Charles Comerford was an American football
player. He 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 Boston Post
. In 1919, Comerford joined the Yale coaching staff. He continued to be an assistant coach at Yale at least through the 1922 season.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player. He played at the end position for Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1916 by the International News Service
International News Service
International News Service was a U.S.-based news agency founded by newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1909.Established two years after the Scripps family founded the United Press Association, INS scrapped among the newswires...
and Boston Post
Boston Post
The Boston Post was the most popular daily newspaper in New England for over a hundred years before it folded in 1956. The Post was founded in November 1831 by two prominent Boston businessmen, Charles G...
. In 1919, Comerford joined the Yale coaching staff. He continued to be an assistant coach at Yale at least through the 1922 season.