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Ecole de Surf de Bretagne

Ecole de Surf de Bretagne (ESB), also Twenty-Nine Surf Company, is a Breton surf school network founded 1994 at La Torche by Ronan Chatain and Didier Tirilly, the first surf school in Brittany, now ten schools under the ESB label.

Ecole de Surf du Sud

Ecole de Surf du Sud, also listed as Ecole de surf du sud Oxbow, is a surf school at Étang-Salé, Réunion Island, run by Mikael Legras, listed in the 2017 IRT guide and 2008 labeled-schools directory, later renamed Nautik'Aventure Réunion.

Ecole de Surf Lacabana

Ecole de Surf Lacabana (Maosurfboards) is a surf school at Camping Du Moisan, Messanges, Landes, France, run by shaper Mao; 1h30 lessons from 40 EUR, max 8 per group, boards and wetsuits included.

Ecuador national football team

Ecuador national football team, La Tri, CONMEBOL men's side; five World Cups (2002, 2006, 2014, 2022, 2026), Round of 16 in 2006 and 2026, second in 2026 qualifying with five goals conceded, coach Sebastián Beccacece.

ECW One Night Stand (2005)

ECW One Night Stand 2005, WWE's June 12, 2005 ECW reunion pay-per-view at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, before 2,500 fans; a nostalgia event whose success led to ECW's 2006 relaunch as a WWE brand.

ECW One Night Stand (2006)

ECW One Night Stand 2006 was a WWE pay-per-view held June 11, 2006 at the Hammerstein Ballroom, the second ECW reunion show and launchpad for the relaunched ECW brand on Sci Fi. Rob Van Dam beat John Cena for the WWE Championship before 2,460 fans with about 304,000 buys.

ECW World Heavyweight Championship

ECW World Heavyweight Championship, the top title of Extreme Championship Wrestling (1994-2001) and WWE's ECW brand (2006-2010); created when Shane Douglas threw down the NWA title in 1994; final champion Ezekiel Jackson, retired February 16, 2010.

Ed "Too Tall" Jones

Ed "Too Tall" Jones (Edward Lee Jones), defensive end born 1951, first overall pick of the 1974 NFL Draft from Tennessee State; 15 seasons, 224 games with the Dallas Cowboys, 106 sacks, Super Bowl XII champion, 6-0 boxer in 1979-80.

Ed Ablowich

Ed Ablowich (Edgar Allen Ablowich, 1913–1998), American sprinter and USC Trojan; won 1932 Olympic 4x400m relay gold in world record 3:08.2 with Fuqua, Warner, and Carr; later a Wyoming professor.

Ed Allan

Ed Allan (Edward Allan, born 2004) is a Collingwood AFL midfielder, 2022 draft pick 19 from Claremont, son of Ben Allan; 2025 Rising Star nominee, 2026 tagger, contracted to 2030. Distinct from Sturt SANFL footballer Ed Allan (born 1999).

Ed Banach

Ed Banach is a retired American freestyle wrestler who won a gold medal in the light-heavyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and was a three-time NCAA champion.

Ed Belfour

Ed Belfour (Edward John Belfour, "Eddie the Eagle"), born 1965 in Carman, Manitoba, is a Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender (2011) who won 484 NHL games, the 1999 Stanley Cup with Dallas, and 2002 Olympic gold.

Ed Boon

Ed Boon, American game designer, co-created Mortal Kombat (1992) with John Tobias at Williams/Midway after starting as a pinball programmer in 1986; now Chief Creative Officer at NetherRealm Studios and voice of Scorpion.

Ed Clancy

Ed Clancy (born 1985, Barnsley) is a retired British track cyclist, three-time Olympic team pursuit gold medallist (2008, 2012, 2016) and 2010 omnium world champion, who retired at Tokyo 2020 with a back injury.

Ed Coode

Ed Coode (born 1975, Bodmin, England) is a British rower, Olympic gold medallist in the coxless fours at Athens 2004 and world champion in the same event in 1999 and 2001; fourth in the pairs at Sydney 2000, later a solicitor.

Ed Cook

Ed Cook (Edward Tiffin Cook, Jr., 1888-1972), American pole vaulter and long jumper; tied A. C. Gilbert for 1908 Olympic pole vault gold at 3.71 m, the only such tie in Olympic pole vault history.

Ed Cooley

Ed Cooley (born 1969) is an American college basketball coach, head coach of Georgetown since 2023 after 12 seasons at Providence (242-153, 2022 Naismith Coach of the Year) and Fairfield.

Ed Davis (basketball)

Ed Davis (Edward Davis, born 1989) is an American former NBA center-forward, 13th pick in 2010 out of North Carolina; played 12 seasons for eight teams as a rebounder, later charged in a 2026 gambling case.

Ed Etzel

Ed Etzel (Edward Frederick Etzel Jr., born 1952) is an American rifle shooter and sport psychologist who won 1984 Olympic gold in men's small-bore rifle prone with 599/600, then coached West Virginia University to four NCAA rifle titles.

Ed Ferry

Ed Ferry (Edward Payson Ferry, 1941-2023) was an American rower who won gold in the men's coxed pair with Conn Findlay and cox Kent Mitchell at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a Stanford Hall of Famer later a Wharton MBA and home builder.

Ed Gordon

Ed Gordon (Edward Lansing Gordon Jr., 1908–1971), American long jumper, University of Iowa; seventh at 1928 Olympics, 1932 Los Angeles long jump gold medalist at 7.64 m, AAU and NCAA champion.

Ed Gourdin

Ed (Ned) Gourdin, Edward Orval Gourdin, American long jumper, sprinter, lawyer, and judge; set a 7.69 m long jump world record in 1921, first legal jump over 25 feet, and won 1924 Olympic long jump silver.

Ed Graff

Ed Graff (Edward Graff, "Mush"), 1897-1954, American rugby union hooker from San Francisco; won Olympic gold with the United States at Paris 1924 and later coached revived rugby at Cal/Berkeley.

Ed Graves

Ed Graves (Edwin Darius Graves, Jr., 1897–1986) was an American Naval Academy rower and Navy captain who won gold in the men's eight at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics as crew captain.

Ed Hamm

Ed Hamm (Edward Barton Hamm, 1906-1982), American long jumper, Georgia Tech athlete, 1928 Amsterdam Olympic long jump gold medalist at 7.73 m, and world record holder at 7.90 m from the July 1928 AAU/Olympic Trials.

Ed Hedley

Ed Hedley (Edwin P. Hedley, 1864-1947), American rower of Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; won gold in the men's eight at the 1900 Paris Olympics and held Canadian and Schuylkill Navy sculling titles.

Ed Hennig

Ed Hennig (Edward August Hennig, 1879–1960), American gymnast from Cleveland and Turnverein Vorwärts member, won two golds at the 1904 Olympics in club swinging and horizontal bar, then won national titles into his seventies.

Ed Hochuli

Ed Hochuli (born 1950, Milwaukee) is a retired NFL referee (1990-2017, referee from 1992) and Phoenix trial attorney at Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, known for detailed penalty explanations, two Super Bowls, and son Shawn succeeding him.

Ed House

Ed House is the name of several unrelated Americans: a 1925 USC relay sprinter, a 1937 minor league baseball player, a Texas theft defendant, an Oklahoma deputy marshal, and a 2001 Hillsdale football receiver, distinct from NBA guard Eddie House.

Ed Jennings

Ed Jennings (Edward Francis Jennings, 1898–1975), American rowing coxswain from Philadelphia; won coxed pairs gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics and bronze at Paris 1924, not the South African runner Athol Jennings.