Edward W. "Dad" Moulton (1848 – July 19, 1922) was an American sprinter, athletic trainer, and coach.

He spent most of the last 22 years of his life working as a coach and trainer of track and field, football and baseball at Stanford University.

One published story recounts the circumstance as follows:One morning ... a young buffalo was sighted and because the horses were all picketed, the plainsmen were forced to give chase on foot.

Moulton outdistanced them all, gained two hundred yards on the buffalo, no doubt very tired from trailing its herd, and succeeded in shooting it down.

There were no open track-and-field events in the 1880s, and Tharnish ran in college meets, professional races and head-to-head challenges.

"[6] Over the next four decades, Moulton also trained other well-known track and field stars, including world champion sprinter Harry M. Johnson,[7] Sheffield handicap champion James "Cuckoo" Collins,[3][8] Olympic gold medalists Alvin Kraenzlein and Charlie Paddock,[5] and University of Wisconsin sprinter James Maybury.

[3] In 1893, Moulton served as the trainer for the 1893 Michigan Wolverines football team that compiled a 7–3 record and outscored its opponents by a combined score of 278 to 102.

[18] The track stars developed by Moulton at Stanford include Morris Kirksey (silver medalist in the 100-meter dash at the 1920 Olympics), Norman Dole (set world record in the pole vault in 1904), George Horine (bronze medalist in the high jump at the 1912 Olympics), Fred Crawford, Feg Murray (bronze medalist in the 110-meter hurdles at the 1920 Olympics), Leland Scott (pole vaulter), and the Templeton brothers (Rick and Dink).

When the 1911 contract was announced, the Los Angeles Times reported, "Although Stanford did not have a successful year in athletics, from the standpoint of victories, 'Dad' is just as popular as ever among the students.

"[19] However, by the summer of 1912, the Los Angeles Times reported that students had concluded that greater success could be achieved with a younger trainer, although Moulton would likely be permitted to remain at Stanford for as long as he wished.

The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings, flyers and letters documenting Moulton's career as an athlete and coach and concerning his trained dog vaudeville act.

By then Emma had become acquainted with William B. Masterson, the noted lawman, gambler and sporting man, and lived as Mrs.

[23] and at the time of the 1910 United States Census, he was living in Palo Alto, California, with his wife Ida, a Minnesota native who was 26 years younger than Moulton, and their adopted son Edwin, who was born in approximately 1906.

[24] At the time of the 1920 United States Census, Moulton was still living in Palo Alto with his wife Ida and son Edwin.

[26][27][28] He was reportedly in good health up to the day of his death when an "attack of indigestion caused heart dilation".