Edward Thurston Towle was a professional football

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 who spent 1 season in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

  with the Boston Bulldogs in 1929

1929 NFL season

The 1929 NFL season was the 10th regular season of the National Football League. The league increased back to 12 teams with the addition of Orange Tornadoes and Minneapolis Red Jackets and the re-entry of the Buffalo Bisons...

. Prior to playing professional football, Towle played college football

College football

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 at Brown University

Brown University

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. He was later inducted into the Brown Athletics Hall of Fame. He was a member of the 1926 "Iron Men" football team

1926 Brown Bears football team

The 1926 Brown Bears football team, often called "the Iron Men", represented Brown University in National Collegiate Athletic Association intercollegiate competition. They were led by first-year head coach DeOrmand "Tuss" McLaughry...

, which went 9–1 and played all but two minutes against Yale, Dartmouth

Dartmouth Big Green football

The Dartmouth Big Green football team represents Dartmouth College in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Championship Subdivision college football competition as a member of the Ivy League...

, and Harvard.