| School: | Harvard Crimson |
| Birth Date: | 16 November 1881 |
| Birth Place: | Charlestown, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Currentposition: | Halfback |
| Pastschools: | Harvard (1904 - 1905) |
| Highschool: | Boston Latin |
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Daniel J. Hurley (November 16, 1881 – October 15, 1945) was an American football player and doctor. He played college football at the halfback position for the Harvard Crimson football team and was selected as a consensus All-American in 1904 and 1905.[1] [2] He was team captain for two years. Hurley was once badly injured, suffering a blood clot in the brain.[3] [4] [5]
Hurley graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1909 and interned at Boston City Hospital and Lying-In Hospital.[6] From 1913 to 1916 he practiced in Charlestown and was the assistant physician at the Charlestown State Prison.[7] From 1916 to 1917 he studied tuberculosis at the Trudeau Sanatorium. From 1918 to 1919 he was a captain in the United States Army. In 1919 he began practicing in Boston. From 1923 to 1931 he was a surgical specialist with the United States Veterans' Bureau. From 1931 to 1938 he was a member of the state board of registration in medicine.[8] Hurley spent his later years in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. He died on October 15, 1945.[9]