Ellis ward biography

Ellis F. Ward was an American rower and coach best known for his time as the coach of the University of Pennsylvania rowing team.
Ellis Ward was born the youngest son of Isaac Ward and his wife Winifred on September 13, 1846, at Newbury-on-Hudson in New York's Hudson River Valley.
Ward (September 13, 1846 – August 25, 1922) was an American rower and coach best known for his time as the coach of the University of Pennsylvania rowing team.

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Tracy Ellis-Ward — Pacers Sports & Entertainment

It starts early, that concept of: I look different. As a child in Dayton, Ohio, Tracy Ellis-Ward remembers being “the only Black kid in my kindergarten class” and acknowledges now — five decades later — it was the genesis of her impactful career of seeking, demanding and championing equality.

She had one Black teacher before college, coincidentally a Miss Ellis who her classmates thought was her mother. Even though they were unrelated, the elder Miss Ellis told the other: “Don’t stop learning, don’t stop period.” So that’s what Ellis-Ward has done.

— Tom Friend

Tracy Ellis-Ward

Senior Vice President, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Pacers Sports & Entertainment

Born: Dayton, Ohio
Education:University of Missouri-Columbia, B.A., art; Ohio University, Master of Sports Administration; Gonzaga University, doctoral candidate, leadership studies
Family:Spouse, late, Michael; children, Gabrielle (35) and Langston (28)

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Ellis F. Ward

Pennsylvania's Crew Coach 1879-1892, 1896-1913

Ellis F. Ward was an oarsman from an early age. He was born in 1846 along the Hudson River in Newburgh, New York. Ellis rowed and won his first race at the age of 17. He went on to win a number of races and set several records including a record for rowing a mile in five minutes and one second as a sculler. Ward's career as a sculler was overshadowed by the flashy or dramatic contests of his contemporaries, Edward "Ned" Hanlan and Charles E. "Pop" Courtney.

Despite this, Ellis and his brothers, particularly Josh, Henry and Gilbert, were among the best known oarsmen in the country. They rowed as a crew on Newburgh Bay from the 1850-1870s, winning a number of contests and making a name for themselves. In 1865, the Ward Brothers challenged the Biglin Brothers, another well-known family of professional rowers, to a five-mile race at Sing Sing. When the Ward Brothers beat them, winning the professional four-oared championship o

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Ellis Ward 1846 - 1922

Penn People

Ellis Ward was born the youngest son of Isaac Ward and his wife Winifred on September 13, 1846, at Newbury-on-Hudson in New York’s Hudson River Valley. Ellis Ward and his eight brothers rowed regularly in the Hudson River’s Newburgh Bay from the 1850s through the 1870s and became one of the most famous families in the history of the sport of rowing. His life illustrates many aspects of rowing as it was developing in America during the nineteenth century.

Here along the Hudson River, rowboats were used as transportation, even as ferries, throughout the nineteenth century. During these early days of the sport of rowing in America, rowing clubs sprung up in towns like Newburgh and Poughkeepsie as early as the 1830s. For several decades, semiprofessional races of skilled oarsmen, with cash prizes awarded to the winners, drew large crowds and considerable betting. These races were discontinued in the early 1870s, after incidents such as a disputed 1865 race in Poughkeepsie that ended with a rampaging mob and the death of a spectator.