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{{Short description|American college footballer, military officer, businessman & art collector (1899-1979)}}
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'''Edgar William "Ed" Garbisch''' (April 7, 1899 &ndash; December 13, 1979) was an [[American football]] player, military officer, businessman and art collector. He played eight years of college football at [[Washington & Jefferson College]] (1917-1920) and the [[United States Military Academy]] (1921-1924) and was an All-American each year from 1922 to 1924. He was inducted to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1954. He was the sales manager of the Postum cereal company in the 1930s and later served as president, chief executive officer and chairman of Grocery Store Products, Inc. He and his wife were also well-known art collectors.
'''Edgar William Garbisch''' (April 7, 1899 – December 13, 1979) was an American [[college football]] player, military officer, businessman and art collector. He played eight years of college football at [[Washington & Jefferson College]] (1917–1920) and the [[United States Military Academy]] (1921–1924) and was an [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] each year from 1922 to 1924. He was inducted to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1954.

Garbisch was the sales manager of the Postum cereal company in the late 1920s and early 1930s and president of Cellulose Products Corp. and Tisch Inc., in the 1930s. During World War II, he served as a colonel in the U.S. Army and was responsible for directing all military construction in New England and New York, including 39 Army airfields and embarkation camps. From 1945 to 1971, he was affiliated with Grocery Store Products, Inc., first as president and then as chief executive officer and chairman.

Garbisch was married for more than 50 years to Bernice Chrysler, the daughter of Chrysler founder [[Walter P. Chrysler]], and they became important art collectors. Their collection of American [[Naïve art]] paintings, consisting of more than 2,600 pieces, was considered the most comprehensive ever assembled with much of it being given to museums during their lifetimes.


==Early years==
==Early years==
Garbisch was born in [[La Porte, Indiana]], in 1899. His parents were Henry Christian and Sophia Carolina Garbisch.<ref name=VC>{{cite book|title=Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius|author=Vincent Curcio |page=613|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2000|isbn=0195147057}}</ref> He attended Washington High School in [[Washington, Pennsylvania]], and played [[Tackle (American football)|tackle]] on the school's football team and was also a "star tennis player."<ref name=PP>{{cite news|title=Washington High Recruits May Make Wash-Jeff Eleven|newspaper=The Pittsburg Press|date=September 30, 1917|page=8|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19170930&id=BrgaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4014,4755255}}</ref>
Garbisch was born in [[La Porte, Indiana]] in 1899. His parents were Henry Christian and Sophia Carolina Garbisch.<ref name=VC>{{cite book|title=Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius|author=Vincent Curcio |page=613|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2000|isbn=0195147057}}</ref> He attended Washington High School in [[Washington, Pennsylvania]], played at the [[Tackle (American football)|tackle]] position on the school's football team and was also a "star tennis player."<ref name=PP>{{cite news|title=Washington High Recruits May Make Wash-Jeff Eleven|newspaper=The Pittsburg Press|date=September 30, 1917|page=8|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19170930&id=BrgaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=e0kEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4014,4755255}}</ref>


==College football==
==College football==
Garbisch enrolled at [[Washington & Jefferson College]] in the fall of 1917.<ref name=PP/> He played football and tennis all four years at Washington & Jefferson, was captain of the college's 1920 football team.<ref>"Pandora 1922" (Washington & Jefferson yearbook), p. 49.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ed Garbish May Enter West Point|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=December 27, 1920|page=|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19201227&id=CgMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qUkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2618,4088865}}</ref>
Garbisch enrolled at [[Washington & Jefferson College]] in the fall of 1917.<ref name=PP/> He played football and tennis all four years at Washington & Jefferson and was captain of the college's 1920 football team.<ref>"Pandora 1922" (Washington & Jefferson yearbook), p. 49.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ed Garbish May Enter West Point|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=December 27, 1920|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19201227&id=CgMbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qUkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2618,4088865}}</ref> Garbisch received a bachelor of arts degree from Washington & Jefferson in 1921.<ref name=VC/>


Garbisch next enrolled at the [[United States Military Academy]] in July 1921.<ref name=VC/> While attending the Military Academy, he played at the [[Center (American football)|center]], [[Guard (American football)|guard]] and place-kicker position for the [[Army Black Knights football]] team from 1921 to 1924. He was credited with developing the "roving center method" of playing defensive football in 1921.<ref name=obit/>
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After receiving a bachelor of arts degree at Washington & Jefferson, Garbisch enrolled at the [[United States Military Academy]] where he played at the [[Center (American football)|center]], [[Guard (American football)|guard]] and place-kicker position for the [[Army Black Knights football]] team from 1921 to 1924. He was credited with developing the "roving center method" of playing defensive football in 1921.<ref name=obit/> In 1922, he helped lead Army to an 8-0-2 record,<ref>{{cite web|title=Edgar Garbisch Bio|publisher=Army Athletics|accessdate=September 9, 2014|url=http://www.goarmysports.com/genrel/garbisch_edgar00.html}}</ref> and he was selected as a consensus All-American,<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|accessdate=August 16, 2014|page=5|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf}}</ref> receiving first-team honors from [[Walter Camp]],<ref name=Camp>{{cite news|title=Championship Locke At Quarter on Camp's First Team|work=Iowa City Press-Citizen|date=1922-12-26}}</ref> the ''New York Tribune'',<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=M'Carthy Picks Them In Pairs|work=The Newark Advocate|date=1922-12-05}}</ref> [[Norman E. Brown]],<ref name=Brown>{{cite news|author=Norman E. Brown|title=Below Wins Place on 'All-American' Eleven Selected by Prominent Sports Writer: Harry Kipke Named as Year's Best All-Round Man|work=Capital Times|location=Madison, WI|date=1922-12-08}}</ref> and the Romelke Press Clipping Bureau.<ref name=Rome>{{cite news|title=Michigan Proves A Favorite: Consensus Vote of Sports Writers Shows Wolverines Have Most Men Picked|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1922-12-27}}</ref> In 1923, he was selected as a first-team All-American by [[Tom Thorp]], for the ''Baltimore News'',<ref>{{cite news|author=Tom Thorp|title=Eastern Grid Players Get Six Places On All-American: Tom Thorp Picks Star Mythical Eleven of 1923 for the Baltimore News|work=Cumberland Evening Times|date=1923-12-08}}</ref> and [[Percy Haughton]].<ref>{{cite news|title=All Americans: Percy Haughton's Team|work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune|date=1923-12-11}}</ref> Garbisch also received second-team All-American honors from ''Athletic World'' magazine, selected based on votes cast by 500 coaches,<ref name=AW>{{cite news|title=Athletic World All America|work=The Decatur Review|date=1923-12-16}}</ref> and Davis J. Walsh, sports editor for the [[International News Service]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Walsh Picks Three Teams of All-Americans In 1923 Seasonal Postmortem|work=The Coshocton Tribune|date=1923-12-06}}</ref>


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In 1922, he helped lead Army to an 8-0-2 record,<ref>{{cite web|title=Edgar Garbisch Bio|publisher=Army Athletics|access-date=September 9, 2014|url=http://www.goarmysports.com/genrel/garbisch_edgar00.html}}</ref> and he kicked a 47-yard field goal from a placement near the sideline to give Army a 17-14 victory over rival Navy.<ref name=VC/> At the end of the 1922 season, Garbisch was selected as a consensus All-American,<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|access-date=August 16, 2014|page=5|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> receiving first-team honors from [[Walter Camp]],<ref name=Camp>{{cite news|title=Championship Locke At Quarter on Camp's First Team|work=Iowa City Press-Citizen|date=1922-12-26}}</ref> the ''New York Tribune'',<ref name=NYT>{{cite news|title=M'Carthy Picks Them In Pairs|work=The Newark Advocate|date=1922-12-05}}</ref> [[Norman E. Brown]],<ref name=Brown>{{cite news|author=Norman E. Brown|title=Below Wins Place on 'All-American' Eleven Selected by Prominent Sports Writer: Harry Kipke Named as Year's Best All-Round Man|work=Capital Times|location=Madison, WI|date=1922-12-08}}</ref> and the Romelke Press Clipping Bureau.<ref name=Rome>{{cite news|title=Michigan Proves A Favorite: Consensus Vote of Sports Writers Shows Wolverines Have Most Men Picked|work=Los Angeles Times|date=1922-12-27}}</ref>
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On November 30, 1924, Garbisch kicked four field goals to lead Army to a 12-0 victory over Navy. Playing at the roving center position, he also "intercepted navy passes, brought navy runners to earth, smashed the interference to shreds."<ref>{{cite news|title=Ed Garbisch Kicks Army To 12-0 Victory Over Navy In Yearly Clash Service Teams|newspaper=The Lewiston Daily Sun|date=December 1, 1924|page=6|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19241201&id=C6wgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=amkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1172,4424721}}</ref> At the end of the 1924 season, he was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp,<ref>{{cite news|title=Walter Camp Slights Big Three In Naming All-America Eleven: Football Expert Neglects To Name Princeton, Harvard or Yale Man on His First Team|work=Appleton Post-Crescent|date=1924-12-30}}</ref> [[International News Service]],<ref name=ESPN>''ESPN College Football Encyclopedia'', p. 1156</ref> ''Liberty'' magazine,<ref name=ESPN/> [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]],<ref name=ESPN/> [[Billy Evans]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Evans Names Hancock On Second All-American|work=Iowa City Press-Citizen|date=1924-12-11}}</ref> Davis J. Walsh,<ref>{{cite news|title=Davis Walsh Designates His All-American Teams|work=The Coshocton Tribune|date=1924-12-15}}</ref> and [[Walter Eckersall]] for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Walter Eckersall's All-American Eleven Honors Notre Dame|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=1924-12-15}}</ref>


[[File:Edgar Garbisch Army Cadets center 1923.jpg|thumb|Garbisch featured in a 1923 New York Daily News photograph as one of the stars of the Cadets]]
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Garbisch was also the captain of the Army tennis team while at West Point and competed in the [[1925 Wimbledon Championships|1925 Wimbledon tournament]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sports Done Brown|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=August 16, 1925|page=2-3|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19250816&id=CxU0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=70wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4012,91915}}</ref> He was the Military Academy's tennis champion for four consecutive year and reportedly "played in all the major invitation tennis tournaments."<ref name=obit/>


In 1923, he was again selected as a first-team All-American by [[Tom Thorp]], for the ''Baltimore News'',<ref>{{cite news|author=Tom Thorp|title=Eastern Grid Players Get Six Places On All-American: Tom Thorp Picks Star Mythical Eleven of 1923 for the Baltimore News|work=Cumberland Evening Times|date=1923-12-08}}</ref> and [[Percy Haughton]].<ref>{{cite news|title=All Americans: Percy Haughton's Team|work=Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune|date=1923-12-11}}</ref> Garbisch also received second-team All-American honors from ''Athletic World'' magazine, selected based on votes cast by 500 coaches,<ref name=AW>{{cite news|title=Athletic World All America|work=The Decatur Review|date=1923-12-16}}</ref> and Davis J. Walsh, sports editor for the [[International News Service]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Walsh Picks Three Teams of All-Americans In 1923 Seasonal Postmortem|work=The Coshocton Tribune|date=1923-12-06}}</ref>
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==Later years==
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After graduating from the Military Academy, Garbisch was commissioned as a lieutenant and assigned to the Fifteenth Engineers at Fort Humphrey, Virginia. In December 1925, President Calvin Coolidge accepted Garbisch's resignation from the Army, and Garbisch announced his intention to pursue a career in business.<ref>{{cite news|title=Garbisch, Star of Grid, Quits Servcie|newspaper=The Norwalk Hour|date=December 16, 1925|page=16|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1898&dat=19251216&id=GUAvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AOAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3792,3898579}}</ref>


Beginning in 1926, Garbisch was employed by the [[Postum Cereal Company|Postum]] cereal division of General Food Sales Co.<ref name=obit/> By 1930, he had been promoted to sales manager of the Postum division.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ed Garbisch Visitor Here With Motor Heiress|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=April 5, 1930|page=2|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19300405&id=oyAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FUsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2245,6208080}}</ref>
On November 30, 1924, with President [[Calvin Coolidge]] in attendance at the annual [[Army–Navy Game]], Garbisch kicked four field goals to lead Army to a 12-0 victory over Navy. Playing at the roving center position, he also "intercepted navy passes, brought navy runners to earth, smashed the interference to shreds."<ref>{{cite news|title=Ed Garbisch Kicks Army To 12-0 Victory Over Navy In Yearly Clash Service Teams|newspaper=The Lewiston Daily Sun|date=December 1, 1924|page=6|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19241201&id=C6wgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=amkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1172,4424721}}</ref> After the game, [[Grantland Rice]] wrote:


<blockquote>Ed Garbisch, the big Army captain, used his big right toe as a flaming howitzer today in the Baltimore Stadium and beat the Navy singlehanded as 80,000 people looked down upon the field of war. . . . For it was Garbisch 12 and Navy 0 . . . He had, after the early misses,<ref>Garbisch missed three field goals early in the game.</ref> been adjusting his famous toe to the proper range with care and coolness.<ref>{{cite book|title=Football in Baltimore: History and Memorabilia from Colts to Ravens |author=Ted Patterson|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|year=2013|pages=27, 29|isbn=978-1421412368}}</ref></blockquote>
Garbisch married Bernice Chrysler, daughter of [[Walter P. Chrysler]], on January 4, 1930.<ref>Miss Chrysler Wed to E.W. Garbisch, ''The New York Times'', January 5, 1930, page N8</ref> He was the president of Cellulose Products Corp. from 1931 to 1935 and president and chairman of Tisch Inc. (later Kernap Inc.) from 1933 to 1942.<ref name=obit2>{{cite news|title=Garbisch Rites on Wednesday|newspaper=Observer-Reporter, Washington, PA|date=December 18, 1979|page=D4|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19791218&id=h_RdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lF8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3893,2698523}}</ref>


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At the end of the 1924 season, he was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp,<ref>{{cite news|title=Walter Camp Slights Big Three In Naming All-America Eleven: Football Expert Neglects To Name Princeton, Harvard or Yale Man on His First Team|work=Appleton Post-Crescent|date=1924-12-30}}</ref> [[International News Service]],<ref name=ESPN>''ESPN College Football Encyclopedia'', p. 1156</ref> ''[[Liberty (general interest magazine)|Liberty]]'' magazine,<ref name=ESPN/> [[Newspaper Enterprise Association]],<ref name=ESPN/> [[Billy Evans]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Evans Names Hancock On Second All-American|work=Iowa City Press-Citizen|date=1924-12-11}}</ref> Davis J. Walsh,<ref>{{cite news|title=Davis Walsh Designates His All-American Teams|work=The Coshocton Tribune|date=1924-12-15}}</ref> and [[Walter Eckersall]] for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Walter Eckersall's All-American Eleven Honors Notre Dame|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=1924-12-15}}</ref>
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In 1937, Garbisch became a director of Grocery Store Products Co.<ref name=obit/> He rejoined the Army during [[World War II]] and served with the rank of colonel.<ref name=obit/> He served for four years from January 1942 to December 1945 serving as an engineer responsible for directing all military construction in New England and New York, including 39 Army airfields and embarkation camps.<ref name=obit2/>


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Garbisch was also the captain of the Army tennis team while at West Point and competed in the [[1925 Wimbledon Championships|1925 Wimbledon tournament]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sports Done Brown|newspaper=St. Petersburg Times|date=August 16, 1925|pages=2–3|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=888&dat=19250816&id=CxU0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=70wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4012,91915}}</ref> He was the Military Academy's tennis champion for four consecutive years and reportedly "played in all the major invitation tennis tournaments."<ref name=obit/> Garbisch graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1925 ranked 17th in a class of 245 cadets.<ref name=VC/>
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After leaving the military at the end of 1945, Garbisch returned to Grocery Store Products, Inc. He served as its president from 1945 to 1947 and chairman and chief executive officer from 1947 to 1971. In 1971, the company merged with and became a subsidiary of The Clorox Co.<ref name=obit/>


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==Later years==
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In 1954, Garbisch was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].<ref name=CFHOF>{{cite web|title=Edward "Ed" Garbisch Member Biography|publisher=College Football Hall of Fame|accessdate=September 9, 2014|url=http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/SearchDetail.aspx?id=20109}}</ref> In 1959, he was also inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundations college football hall of fame.<ref>{{cite news|title=Five Gridders Are Honored|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|date=August 22, 1959|page=8|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19590822&id=5QFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4725,4922638}}</ref>
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After graduating from the Military Academy, Garbisch was commissioned as a lieutenant and assigned to the Fifteenth Engineers at Fort Humphrey, Virginia. In December 1925, President Calvin Coolidge accepted Garbisch's resignation from the Army, and Garbisch announced his intention to pursue a career in business.<ref>{{cite news|title=Garbisch, Star of Grid, Quits Service|newspaper=The Norwalk Hour|date=December 16, 1925|page=16|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1898&dat=19251216&id=GUAvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AOAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3792,3898579}}</ref>


As of 1963, Garbisch was the president of Grocery Store Products, Inc.<ref>{{cite news|title=The History of Barbecue Pits -- More But Smaller |author=Jeanne Lesem|newspaper=Lodi (Calif.) News-Sentinel|date=May 29, 1963|page=9|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19630529&id=UN8zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RjIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6926,4930336}}</ref> He later served as chairman of that company.<ref name=obit/>
Beginning in 1926, Garbisch was employed by the [[Postum Cereal Company|Postum]] cereal division of General Food Sales Co.<ref name=obit/> By 1930, he had been promoted to sales manager of the Postum division.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ed Garbisch Visitor Here With Motor Heiress|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=April 5, 1930|page=2|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19300405&id=oyAbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FUsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2245,6208080}}</ref>


Garbisch died at his home in [[Cambridge, Maryland]], in December 1979 after a long illness. His wife also died at their home several hours later.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Col. Edward Garbisch and His Wife, Bernice, Die|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|date=December 16, 1979|page=A1, A15|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1961&dat=19791216&id=JXItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jIwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1162,762173}}</ref>
Garbisch married Bernice Chrysler, daughter of [[Walter P. Chrysler]], on January 4, 1930.<ref>Miss Chrysler Wed to E.W. Garbisch, ''The New York Times'', January 5, 1930, page N8</ref> Garbisch was the president of Cellulose Products Corp. from 1931 to 1935 and president and chairman of Tisch Inc. (later Kernap Inc.) from 1933 to 1942.<ref name=obit2>{{cite news|title=Garbisch Rites on Wednesday|newspaper=Observer-Reporter, Washington, PA|date=December 18, 1979|page=D4|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2519&dat=19791218&id=h_RdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lF8NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3893,2698523}}</ref>


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In 1937, Garbisch became a director of Grocery Store Products Co.<ref name=obit/> He rejoined the Army during [[World War II]] and served with the rank of colonel.<ref name=obit/> He served for four years from January 1942 to December 1945 as an engineer responsible for directing all military construction in New England and New York, including 39 Army airfields and embarkation camps.<ref name=obit2/>
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Garbisch and his wife were well known art collectors. They had a widely recognized collection of American furniture and paintings, American and European brass and wrought iron fixtures, and European and Chinese porcelain. Their collection of American Naive paintings, consisting of more than 2,600 pieces, was considered the most comprehensive ever assembled at the time of their death.<ref name=obit/> Much of their collection of American [[Naïve art]] had been donated to museums during their lifetimes. A smaller collection of paintings, including Picasso's "Seated Acrobat with Folded Arms," was sold at auction in May 1980 for $14.8 million -- then a record for any auction in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Record Set at Auction: Garbisch Art Is Sold for $14 Million|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|date=May 14, 1980|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1961&dat=19800514&id=MvstAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jowFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4592,3000285}}</ref>

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After leaving the military at the end of 1945, Garbisch returned to Grocery Store Products, Inc. He served as its president from 1945 to 1947 and chairman and chief executive officer from 1947 to 1971. In 1971, the company merged with and became a subsidiary of [[The Clorox Company]].<ref name=obit/>

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In 1954, Garbisch was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].<ref name=CFHOF>{{cite web|title=Edward "Ed" Garbisch Member Biography|publisher=College Football Hall of Fame|access-date=September 9, 2014|url={{College Football HoF/url|id=1447}}}}</ref> In 1959, he was also inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation's college football hall of fame.<ref>{{cite news|title=Five Gridders Are Honored|newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle|date=August 22, 1959|page=8|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19590822&id=5QFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4725,4922638}}</ref>

Garbisch died at his home in [[Cambridge, Maryland]], in December 1979 after a long illness. His wife also died at their home several hours later.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|title=Col. Edward Garbisch and His Wife, Bernice, Die|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|date=December 16, 1979|page=A1, A15|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1961&dat=19791216&id=JXItAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jIwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1162,762173}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Art collection==
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Garbisch and his wife were well known art collectors. They had a widely recognized collection of American furniture and paintings, American and European brass and wrought iron fixtures, and European and Chinese porcelain. Their collection of American [[Naïve art]] paintings, consisting of more than 2,600 pieces, was considered the most comprehensive ever assembled at the time of their death.<ref name=obit/> During their lifetimes, much of their collection of Naïve art was donated to museums, including the [[National Gallery of Art]], [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]], [[Baltimore Museum of Art]], [[Chrysler Museum of Art]], and [[Flint Institute of Arts]].<ref name=obit/> A smaller collection of paintings, including Picasso's "Seated Acrobat with Folded Arms," was sold at auction in May 1980 for $14.8 million—then a record for any auction in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|title=Record Set at Auction: Garbisch Art Is Sold for $14 Million|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|date=May 14, 1980|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1961&dat=19800514&id=MvstAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jowFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4592,3000285}}</ref>


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{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME = Garbisch, Edgar
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Garbisch, Edgar William
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player
| DATE OF BIRTH = April 7, 1899
| PLACE OF BIRTH = La Porte, Indiana
| DATE OF DEATH = December 13, 1979
| PLACE OF DEATH = Cambridge, Maryland
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Edgar Garbisch
Army Black Knights – No. 10
PositionCenter, guard
Personal information
Born:(1899-04-07)April 7, 1899
La Porte, Indiana, U.S.
Died:December 13, 1979(1979-12-13) (aged 80)
Cambridge, Maryland, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career history
College
Career highlights and awards
College Football Hall of Fame (1954)

Edgar William Garbisch (April 7, 1899 – December 13, 1979) was an American college football player, military officer, businessman and art collector. He played eight years of college football at Washington & Jefferson College (1917–1920) and the United States Military Academy (1921–1924) and was an All-American each year from 1922 to 1924. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.

Garbisch was the sales manager of the Postum cereal company in the late 1920s and early 1930s and president of Cellulose Products Corp. and Tisch Inc., in the 1930s. During World War II, he served as a colonel in the U.S. Army and was responsible for directing all military construction in New England and New York, including 39 Army airfields and embarkation camps. From 1945 to 1971, he was affiliated with Grocery Store Products, Inc., first as president and then as chief executive officer and chairman.

Garbisch was married for more than 50 years to Bernice Chrysler, the daughter of Chrysler founder Walter P. Chrysler, and they became important art collectors. Their collection of American Naïve art paintings, consisting of more than 2,600 pieces, was considered the most comprehensive ever assembled with much of it being given to museums during their lifetimes.

Early years

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Garbisch was born in La Porte, Indiana in 1899. His parents were Henry Christian and Sophia Carolina Garbisch.[1] He attended Washington High School in Washington, Pennsylvania, played at the tackle position on the school's football team and was also a "star tennis player."[2]

College football

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Garbisch enrolled at Washington & Jefferson College in the fall of 1917.[2] He played football and tennis all four years at Washington & Jefferson and was captain of the college's 1920 football team.[3][4] Garbisch received a bachelor of arts degree from Washington & Jefferson in 1921.[1]

Garbisch next enrolled at the United States Military Academy in July 1921.[1] While attending the Military Academy, he played at the center, guard and place-kicker position for the Army Black Knights football team from 1921 to 1924. He was credited with developing the "roving center method" of playing defensive football in 1921.[5]

In 1922, he helped lead Army to an 8-0-2 record,[6] and he kicked a 47-yard field goal from a placement near the sideline to give Army a 17-14 victory over rival Navy.[1] At the end of the 1922 season, Garbisch was selected as a consensus All-American,[7] receiving first-team honors from Walter Camp,[8] the New York Tribune,[9] Norman E. Brown,[10] and the Romelke Press Clipping Bureau.[11]

Garbisch featured in a 1923 New York Daily News photograph as one of the stars of the Cadets

In 1923, he was again selected as a first-team All-American by Tom Thorp, for the Baltimore News,[12] and Percy Haughton.[13] Garbisch also received second-team All-American honors from Athletic World magazine, selected based on votes cast by 500 coaches,[14] and Davis J. Walsh, sports editor for the International News Service.[15]

On November 30, 1924, with President Calvin Coolidge in attendance at the annual Army–Navy Game, Garbisch kicked four field goals to lead Army to a 12-0 victory over Navy. Playing at the roving center position, he also "intercepted navy passes, brought navy runners to earth, smashed the interference to shreds."[16] After the game, Grantland Rice wrote:

Ed Garbisch, the big Army captain, used his big right toe as a flaming howitzer today in the Baltimore Stadium and beat the Navy singlehanded as 80,000 people looked down upon the field of war. . . . For it was Garbisch 12 and Navy 0 . . . He had, after the early misses,[17] been adjusting his famous toe to the proper range with care and coolness.[18]

At the end of the 1924 season, he was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp,[19] International News Service,[20] Liberty magazine,[20] Newspaper Enterprise Association,[20] Billy Evans,[21] Davis J. Walsh,[22] and Walter Eckersall for the Chicago Tribune.[23]

Garbisch was also the captain of the Army tennis team while at West Point and competed in the 1925 Wimbledon tournament.[24] He was the Military Academy's tennis champion for four consecutive years and reportedly "played in all the major invitation tennis tournaments."[5] Garbisch graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1925 ranked 17th in a class of 245 cadets.[1]

Later years

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After graduating from the Military Academy, Garbisch was commissioned as a lieutenant and assigned to the Fifteenth Engineers at Fort Humphrey, Virginia. In December 1925, President Calvin Coolidge accepted Garbisch's resignation from the Army, and Garbisch announced his intention to pursue a career in business.[25]

Beginning in 1926, Garbisch was employed by the Postum cereal division of General Food Sales Co.[5] By 1930, he had been promoted to sales manager of the Postum division.[26]

Garbisch married Bernice Chrysler, daughter of Walter P. Chrysler, on January 4, 1930.[27] Garbisch was the president of Cellulose Products Corp. from 1931 to 1935 and president and chairman of Tisch Inc. (later Kernap Inc.) from 1933 to 1942.[28]

In 1937, Garbisch became a director of Grocery Store Products Co.[5] He rejoined the Army during World War II and served with the rank of colonel.[5] He served for four years from January 1942 to December 1945 as an engineer responsible for directing all military construction in New England and New York, including 39 Army airfields and embarkation camps.[28]

After leaving the military at the end of 1945, Garbisch returned to Grocery Store Products, Inc. He served as its president from 1945 to 1947 and chairman and chief executive officer from 1947 to 1971. In 1971, the company merged with and became a subsidiary of The Clorox Company.[5]

In 1954, Garbisch was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[29] In 1959, he was also inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation's college football hall of fame.[30]

Garbisch died at his home in Cambridge, Maryland, in December 1979 after a long illness. His wife also died at their home several hours later.[5]

Art collection

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Garbisch and his wife were well known art collectors. They had a widely recognized collection of American furniture and paintings, American and European brass and wrought iron fixtures, and European and Chinese porcelain. Their collection of American Naïve art paintings, consisting of more than 2,600 pieces, was considered the most comprehensive ever assembled at the time of their death.[5] During their lifetimes, much of their collection of Naïve art was donated to museums, including the National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Chrysler Museum of Art, and Flint Institute of Arts.[5] A smaller collection of paintings, including Picasso's "Seated Acrobat with Folded Arms," was sold at auction in May 1980 for $14.8 million—then a record for any auction in the United States.[31]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Vincent Curcio (2000). Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive Genius. Oxford University Press. p. 613. ISBN 0195147057.
  2. ^ a b "Washington High Recruits May Make Wash-Jeff Eleven". The Pittsburg Press. September 30, 1917. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Pandora 1922" (Washington & Jefferson yearbook), p. 49.
  4. ^ "Ed Garbish May Enter West Point". The Pittsburgh Press. December 27, 1920.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Col. Edward Garbisch and His Wife, Bernice, Die". Palm Beach Daily News. December 16, 1979. p. A1, A15.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Edgar Garbisch Bio". Army Athletics. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  7. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  8. ^ "Championship Locke At Quarter on Camp's First Team". Iowa City Press-Citizen. December 26, 1922.
  9. ^ "M'Carthy Picks Them In Pairs". The Newark Advocate. December 5, 1922.
  10. ^ Norman E. Brown (December 8, 1922). "Below Wins Place on 'All-American' Eleven Selected by Prominent Sports Writer: Harry Kipke Named as Year's Best All-Round Man". Capital Times. Madison, WI.
  11. ^ "Michigan Proves A Favorite: Consensus Vote of Sports Writers Shows Wolverines Have Most Men Picked". Los Angeles Times. December 27, 1922.
  12. ^ Tom Thorp (December 8, 1923). "Eastern Grid Players Get Six Places On All-American: Tom Thorp Picks Star Mythical Eleven of 1923 for the Baltimore News". Cumberland Evening Times.
  13. ^ "All Americans: Percy Haughton's Team". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. December 11, 1923.
  14. ^ "Athletic World All America". The Decatur Review. December 16, 1923.
  15. ^ "Walsh Picks Three Teams of All-Americans In 1923 Seasonal Postmortem". The Coshocton Tribune. December 6, 1923.
  16. ^ "Ed Garbisch Kicks Army To 12-0 Victory Over Navy In Yearly Clash Service Teams". The Lewiston Daily Sun. December 1, 1924. p. 6.
  17. ^ Garbisch missed three field goals early in the game.
  18. ^ Ted Patterson (2013). Football in Baltimore: History and Memorabilia from Colts to Ravens. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 27, 29. ISBN 978-1421412368.
  19. ^ "Walter Camp Slights Big Three In Naming All-America Eleven: Football Expert Neglects To Name Princeton, Harvard or Yale Man on His First Team". Appleton Post-Crescent. December 30, 1924.
  20. ^ a b c ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156
  21. ^ "Evans Names Hancock On Second All-American". Iowa City Press-Citizen. December 11, 1924.
  22. ^ "Davis Walsh Designates His All-American Teams". The Coshocton Tribune. December 15, 1924.
  23. ^ "Walter Eckersall's All-American Eleven Honors Notre Dame". The Washington Post. December 15, 1924.
  24. ^ "Sports Done Brown". St. Petersburg Times. August 16, 1925. pp. 2–3.
  25. ^ "Garbisch, Star of Grid, Quits Service". The Norwalk Hour. December 16, 1925. p. 16.
  26. ^ "Ed Garbisch Visitor Here With Motor Heiress". The Pittsburgh Press. April 5, 1930. p. 2.
  27. ^ Miss Chrysler Wed to E.W. Garbisch, The New York Times, January 5, 1930, page N8
  28. ^ a b "Garbisch Rites on Wednesday". Observer-Reporter, Washington, PA. December 18, 1979. p. D4.
  29. ^ "Edward "Ed" Garbisch Member Biography". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  30. ^ "Five Gridders Are Honored". Spokane Daily Chronicle. August 22, 1959. p. 8.
  31. ^ "Record Set at Auction: Garbisch Art Is Sold for $14 Million". Palm Beach Daily News. May 14, 1980.
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