Ed Storm

Edward Charles Storm (October 2, 1907 – June 4, 1950) was an American professional football halfback and coach.

He joined the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) and played two seasons with them, being their leading passer in 1935.

Storm founded the Salinas Iceberg Packers, the first football team based in the city, and ran it for three seasons as a player-coach.

[4][5] He attended Salinas High School where he played football in the backfield, with the Oakland Tribune calling him a "youthful giant who seldom failed to gain through the line.

[8] He then played for the San Francisco Young Men's Institute (YMI) football team in 1928, being one of their top runners.

[11] In the finals seconds of the game, which was then a scoreless tie, Stanford attempted to pass, which was intercepted by Storm, who was playing safety.

[11] He also kicked the extra point, and one writer for The Oakland Post Enquirer commented that "I doubt very much if Mr. Red Grange could have climaxed a football show more fittingly than did Eddie Storm.

[21] After being ruled ineligible at Santa Clara, Storm began playing for a team in San Luis Obispo, California, in 1932.

[22] The following year, he played professional football for the Memphis Tigers in Tennessee, being their starting quarterback[20] and being noted for his ability to "heave the oval with accuracy between 40 and 55 yards.

[25] He was used as a quarterback and halfback[26] by the Eagles and made his NFL debut in the team's season-opener, a 19–6 loss to the Green Bay Packers, running one time for three yards.

[27][28] He then ran eight times for 25 yards in their subsequent game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, before scoring his first Eagles touchdown in their exhibition win against the Reading Keys on September 30.

[31] Storm ran for over 25 yards in each of the team's remaining games and scored a touchdown in their 13–0 victory against the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[1] He ranked among the NFL's passing leaders in several categories, including for completions (9th), yards (6th), touchdowns (4th) and total offense (10th).

[1] In 1936, Storm returned to California and organized the Salinas Iceberg Packers, a new professional team which he became the head coach for.

[40] Continuing as a player-coach, he led them to a record of 7–3, with all three of their losses coming to the Los Angeles Bulldogs, a team that went undefeated that season.

[38] After the Packers season, Storm was the assistant coach to Johnny Blood for the Pacific Coast All-Stars, which played an exhibition against the NFL champion Washington Redskins and lost 14–13.

[48][53] In January 1940, he remained coach as they arranged a rematch against the Bulldogs, and Storm finally led his team to a victory, defeating Los Angeles, 15–14.

[57] In 1941, he became the head coach of the San Diego Bombers in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League (PCFL) and also played fullback for the team.

"[61] He appeared in two games at fullback and led the Bombers to first place in the league with a PCFL record of 4–1, while they also overall compiled a record of 6–4 including non-league games, which included one win by a score of 88–0 over Stockton Motor Base; they also defeated the Los Angeles Bulldogs 36–7.

[67] Storm left the Bombers in 1944 to become head coach for the San Diego Gunners in the American Football League.

[64] His team was down 7–6, but he intercepted a pass after entering the game and then led a 76-yard drive before kicking a game-winning field goal.

Halfback Ed Storm featured on the cover of this 1934 Philadelphia Eagles program.