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Edgar Garbisch
Date of birth(1899-04-07)April 7, 1899
Place of birthLa Porte, Indiana
Date of deathDecember 13, 1979(1979-12-13) (aged 79)
Place of deathCambridge, Maryland
Career information
Position(s)Center, Guard
US collegeWashington & Jefferson
Army

Edgar William "Ed" Garbisch (April 7, 1899 – 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.

Early years

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, and played tackle on the school's football team and was also a "star tennis player."[2]

College football

Garbisch enrolled at Washington & Jefferson College in the fall of 1917.[2] He played football and tennis all four years at Washington & Jefferson, was captain of the college's 1920 football team.[3][4]

After receiving a bachelor of arts degree at Washington & Jefferson, Garbisch enrolled at the United States Military Academy where 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 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] In 1923, he was 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, 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] At the end of the 1924 season, he was selected as a first-team All-American by Walter Camp,[17] International News Service,[18] Liberty magazine,[18] Newspaper Enterprise Association,[18] Billy Evans,[19] Davis J. Walsh,[20] and Walter Eckersall for the Chicago Tribune.[21]

Garbisch was also the captain of the Army tennis team while at West Point and competed in the 1925 Wimbledon tournament.[22] He was the Military Academy's tennis champion for four consecutive year and reportedly "played in all the major invitation tennis tournaments."[5]

Later years

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.[23]

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.[24]

Garbisch married Bernice Chrysler, daughter of Walter P. Chrysler, on January 4, 1930.[25] 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.[26]

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 serving as an engineer responsible for directing all military construction in New England and New York, including 39 Army airfields and embarkation camps.[26]

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.[5]

In 1954, Garbisch was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.[27] In 1959, he was also inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundations college football hall of fame.[28]

As of 1963, Garbisch was the president of Grocery Store Products, Inc.[29] He later served as chairman of that company.[5]

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]

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.[5] 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.[30]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  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. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  8. ^ "Championship Locke At Quarter on Camp's First Team". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 1922-12-26.
  9. ^ "M'Carthy Picks Them In Pairs". The Newark Advocate. 1922-12-05.
  10. ^ Norman E. Brown (1922-12-08). "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. 1922-12-27.
  12. ^ Tom Thorp (1923-12-08). "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. 1923-12-11.
  14. ^ "Athletic World All America". The Decatur Review. 1923-12-16.
  15. ^ "Walsh Picks Three Teams of All-Americans In 1923 Seasonal Postmortem". The Coshocton Tribune. 1923-12-06.
  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. ^ "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. 1924-12-30.
  18. ^ a b c ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1156
  19. ^ "Evans Names Hancock On Second All-American". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 1924-12-11.
  20. ^ "Davis Walsh Designates His All-American Teams". The Coshocton Tribune. 1924-12-15.
  21. ^ "Walter Eckersall's All-American Eleven Honors Notre Dame". The Washington Post. 1924-12-15.
  22. ^ "Sports Done Brown". St. Petersburg Times. August 16, 1925. p. 2-3.
  23. ^ "Garbisch, Star of Grid, Quits Servcie". The Norwalk Hour. December 16, 1925. p. 16.
  24. ^ "Ed Garbisch Visitor Here With Motor Heiress". The Pittsburgh Press. April 5, 1930. p. 2.
  25. ^ Miss Chrysler Wed to E.W. Garbisch, The New York Times, January 5, 1930, page N8
  26. ^ a b "Garbisch Rites on Wednesday". Observer-Reporter, Washington, PA. December 18, 1979. p. D4.
  27. ^ "Edward "Ed" Garbisch Member Biography". College Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  28. ^ "Five Gridders Are Honored". Spokane Daily Chronicle. August 22, 1959. p. 8.
  29. ^ Jeanne Lesem (May 29, 1963). "The History of Barbecue Pits -- More But Smaller". Lodi (Calif.) News-Sentinel. p. 9.
  30. ^ "Record Set at Auction: Garbisch Art Is Sold for $14 Million". Palm Beach Daily News. May 14, 1980.


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