Thomas Woodrow[1] Eck (March 29, 1914 – June 21, 1988) was an American football player and coach.
Eck played college football for three years at Colgate University, from which he graduated in 1938.
After coaching high school football in Massachusetts, he served as a special projects officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
[3][4] From 1952 to 1955, he coached football at Thornton Academy in Saco, Maine, tallying a mark of 33–4–2 that featured a 24-game winning streak.
His son Thomas W. Eck Jr., died on February 27, 1968, from injured sustained in a car crash.