Edward McCarthy, quarterback of Yale's 1964 football team, died Saturday in a ear accident.
McCarthy and two other Yale students, on route to Vermont for a skiing weekend, were driving along U.S. route 5 near Greenfield, Mass. when their car hit a snowbank, went out of control and struck a tree.
Roger Ley and Stephen Anderson, the two others in the car, sustained minor injuries and were treated at a nearby hospital.
McCarthy, a 6-foot-2, 178-pound senior, led Yale to a 6-2-1 season record and third place in Ivy League competition. He was also quite active in civil rights and other campus organizations.
Yale coach Carmen Cozza said, "Ed McCarthy was absolutely one of the finest young men I ever had the privilege to coach. He had tremendous qualities of leadership and competitiveness. The entire Yale football family extends its deepest sympathy at this time of truly tragic loss."
McCarthy, a native of Fairfield, Conn., had been an all-state football player at Fairfield Preparatory School before going to Yale.
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