Eddie Gulian

Eddie Gulian
Biographical details
Born	June 18, 1906
Died	November 10, 1991 (aged 85)
Playing career
Football
c. 1930	Gettysburg
Baseball
1931–1933	Harrisburg Senators
1934	Hazleton Mountaineers
1936	Jacksonville Tars
1936	Columbia Senators
Position(s)	End (football); Second baseman (baseball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1933–1946	Shippensburg
1947–1948	Lafayette (backfield)
1949–1954	Albright
Basketball
1933–1943	Shippensburg
1949–1955	Albright
Baseball
c. 1950	Albright
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1933–?	Shippensburg
Head coaching record
Overall	72–58–8 (football); 139–151 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	Football; 1 PSTCC (1935)

Edward Gulian (June 18, 1906 – November 10, 1991) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at State Teachers College at Shippensburg—now known as Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania—from 1933 to 1946 and at Albright College from 1949 to 1954, compiling a career college football coaching record of 72–57–9. He was also the head basketball coach at Shippensburg from 1933 to 1943 and at Albright from 1949 to 1955, tallying a career college basketball coaching record of 139–151. Gulian attended Norristown High School in Norristown, Pennsylvania and Gettysburg College. He was named he athletic director at Shippensburg in 1933.^[1] Gulian served as an assistant football coach in charge of the backfield at Lafayette College for two seasons before being hired at Albright in 1949.^[2]

Gulian served in the United States Navy as a commander during World War II. He later taught physical education at Modesto Junior College in Modesto, California. He remained in Modesto during his retirement, until his death on November 10, 1991.^[3]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Shippensburg Red and Blue (Independent) (1933)
1933	Shippensburg	1–6
Shippensburg Red and Blue / Red Raiders (Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference) (1934–1946)
1934	Shippensburg	5–2	5–2	3rd
1935	Shippensburg	7–1	6–1	1st
1936	Shippensburg	7–1	6–1	2nd
1937	Shippensburg	5–1–2	3–1–2	4th
1938	Shippensburg	6–1–1	5–1–1	4th
1939	Shippensburg	3–3–1	3–3–1	8th
1940	Shippensburg	3–3–2	2–3–2	8th
1941	Shippensburg	6–2	6–1	3rd
1942	Shippensburg	2–4	1–4	9th
1943	No team—World War II
1944	No team—World War II
1945	No team—World War II
1946	Shippensburg	2–5–1	2–5–1	11th
Shippensburg:		47–29–7	39–22–7
Albright Lions (Middle Atlantic Conferences) (1949–1954)
1949	Albright	2–6–1
1950	Albright	5–4
1951	Albright	6–4
1952	Albright	6–3
1953	Albright	3–6
1954	Albright	3–6
Albright:		25–29–1
Total:		72–58–8

^ "New Athletic Director At Shippensburg School". The Evening News. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. August 21, 1933. p. 7. Retrieved April 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Gulian New Albright Coach". The Plain Speaker. Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Associated Press. April 27, 1949. p. 18. Retrieved April 27, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Edward Gulian". Riverbank News. Riverbank, California. November 13, 1991. p. A-2. Retrieved August 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .