Eddie Cameron
Edmund McCullough "Eddie" Cameron (April 22, 1902 – November 25, 1988) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator in the United States. He served as the head basketball coach at Washington and Lee University for one season in 1924–25 and at Duke University from 1928 to 1942, compiling a career college basketball record of 234–104. Cameron was also the head football coach at Duke University from 1942 to 1945, tallying a mark of 25–11–1, and the athletic director at the school from 1951 to 1972. Cameron was part of Duke athletics from 1926 to 1972, the second longest tenure in the school's history. Duke's home basketball arena was renamed as Cameron Indoor Stadium in his honor in 1972.
Read more about Eddie Cameron: Early Life and Playing Career, Coaching Career, Later Life
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