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