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Eddie Kotal

American football player, coach, and scout (1902–1973)

Summary

American football player, coach, and scout (1902–1973)

Field	Value
name	Eddie Kotal
birth_date
birth_place	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
player_sport1	Football
player_years2	1922–1925
player_team2	Lawrence
player_years3	1925–1929
player_team3	Green Bay Packers
player_positions	Quarterback, halfback
coach_sport1	Football
coach_years2	1930
coach_team2	Lawrence
coach_years3	1931–1941
coach_team3	Stevens Point
coach_years4	1942–1945
coach_team4	Green Bay Packers (backfield)
coach_years5	?
coach_team5	Los Angeles Rams (assistant)
coach_sport6	Basketball
coach_years7	1930–1942
coach_team7	Stevens Point
coach_sport8	Track
coach_years9	?
coach_team9	Stevens Point
coach_sport10	Boxing
coach_years11	?
coach_team11	Stevens Point
admin_years1	1946–?
admin_team1	Los Angeles Rams (head scout)
overall_record	40–41–9 (football)
133–49 (basketball)
championships	Football
1 WSTCC (1932)
3 1 WSTCC Southern Division (1934, 1936)

133–49 (basketball) 1 WSTCC (1932) 3 1 WSTCC Southern Division (1934, 1936) Edward Louis Kotal (September 1, 1902 – January 27, 1973) was an American football player, coach, and scout. He played college football at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin and professionally with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Kotal served as the head football coach at Lawrence in 1930 and at Central State Teachers College—now known as the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point—from 1931 to 1941, compiling a career college football coaching record of 40–41–9. He also coached basketball, track and field, and boxing at Stevens Point before returning to the NFL in 1942 as an assistant coach for the Packers and later as a scout and assistant coach for the Los Angeles Rams.

Early life and playing career

Kotal was on September 1, 1902, in Chicago, Illinois. He played college football at Lawrence University.

Kotal played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers for five seasons. He was a member of the 1929 NFL Champion Packers.

Coaching career

Kotal coached football, basketball, track and field, and boxing at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point. He led teams to conference championships in all four sports and is an inductee in the university's Athletic Hall of Fame.

In 1942, Kotal returned to the Green Bay Packers organization as a backfield coach and scout before becoming the chief scout for the Los Angeles Rams in 1946. In subsequent years, Kotal also assumed coaching responsibilities for the Rams as well.

Kotal has been described as the first key pioneer of scouting. He was described by one general manager as “the modern-day Ulysses, a man in quest of something more rare than the American buffalo: a college football player who can make the jump into the National Football League.”

In 2022, Kotal was named a semifinalist for the seniors ballot of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but he was not selected.

Head coaching record

Football

References

"Eddie Kotal Stats".
"Eddie Kotal (1972) - Hall of Fame".
"State Your Case: Why This 'Modern-Day Ulysses' Belongs in Canton - Talk of Fame". Talk of Fame.
(July 10, 2022). "Four Rams Legends Move up as Senior Hall of Fame Candidates".

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