Dick Hartley

Dick Hartley
Hartley, c. 1920
No. 23
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Born:(1900-12-13)December 13, 1900[a]
Fort Valley, Georgia, U.S.
Died:August 4, 1978(1978-08-04) (aged 77)
Petaluma, California, U.S.
Career history
CollegeGeorgia (1920–1921)
High schoolGeorgia Military Academy
Career highlights and awards
  • SIAA Championship (1920, 1921)

Hugh Vinson "Dick" Hartley[4] (December 13, 1900 – August 4, 1978) was an American college football player and business executive.

Biography

Hartley was born in Fort Valley, Georgia, in 1900.[2] He prepped at Georgia Military Academy, graduating in 1919.[5] He then starred as a halfback for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1920 and 1921.[6] As a member of the "ten second backfield"[b] in 1920, Hartley ran for 170 yards and two touchdowns in a minute and twenty seconds against South Carolina.[8][9] That season, he scored a total of 11 touchdowns, including eight on runs of more than 35 yards.[10]: 259  In 1921, he scored on Harvard,[11] and he fumbled twice against Dartmouth.[12] Hartley was also a standout member of Georgia's track team,[5][10]: 275  and was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.[10]: 160 

As of October 1922, Hartley was coaching high school football in Emanuel County, Georgia.[4] In August 1923, Hartley was reportedly set to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.[13] He joined Thomas Cook & Son in 1924, and was made a director of the company in 1964.[5] During World War II, he was a major in the United States Army Air Forces,[5] serving from September 1942 to January 1946.[3]

Hartley died in Petaluma, California, in 1978.[2] He was survived by his wife, two daughters, and one son.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Hartley's draft registration card of December 1942 lists his date of birth as December 13, 1901;[1] however, both his obituary and Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) death file list his date of birth as December 13, 1900.[2][3]
  2. ^ The term "ten second backfield" generally refers to players capable (or thought to be capable) of running a 100-yard dash in 10 seconds—that is, fast runners.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Draft Registration Card". fold3.com. Selective Service System. December 1942. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Retired executive is dead". Sonoma West Times & News. Sebastopol, California. September 7, 1978. p. 3. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "BIRLS Death File". fold3.com. United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Young Bulldogs Have Good Team". The Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. October 12, 1922. p. 13. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c d "Ft. Valley Native Names Director of Thos. Cook". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 2, 1964. p. 13-D. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Patrick Garbin. About Them Dawgs!: Georgi Football's Memorable Teams and Players. p. 29.
  7. ^ "Advent has ten-second backfield". The Cincinnati Post. November 11, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Georgia Defeats Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution. October 10, 1920. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ a b c Pandora. University of Georgia. 1921. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via usg.edu.
  11. ^ "Harvard Trims Georgia". Reading Eagle. October 16, 1921.
  12. ^ "Then Vince Said to Herschel. . ." – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Watson, Earle (August 23, 1923). "Dick Hartley to Enter West Point; Was Fine Georgia Back". The Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. p. 7. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com.