Dick Hanley (American football) explained

Dick Hanley
Birth Date:19 November 1894
Birth Place:Cloquet, Minnesota, U.S.
Death Place:Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Player Years1:1915–1917
Player Team1:Washington State
Player Years2:1918
Player Team2:Marine Island Marines
Player Years3:1920
Player Team3:Washington State
Player Years4:1924
Player Team4:Racine Legion
Player Positions:Halfback, quarterback
Coach Years1:1920–1921
Coach Team1:Pendleton HS (OR)
Coach Years2:1922–1926
Coach Team2:Haskell
Coach Years3:1927–1934
Coach Team3:Northwestern
Coach Years4:1944–1945
Coach Team4:El Toro Marines
Coach Years5:1946
Coach Team5:Chicago Rockets
Overall Record:99–36–8 (college)
1–1–1 (AAFC)
Championships:2 Big Ten (1930–1931)

Richard Edgar Hanley (November 19, 1894 – December 16, 1970) was an American football player and coach. Hanley played quarterback at Washington State College from 1915 to 1917 and again in 1920. During his four years at Washington State, the them was 22–4–1, including a victory in the 1916 Rose Bowl over Brown. Hanley is notable for being one of the few players to have played in the Rose Bowl for two different teams. In 1918, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps becoming a player and captain for the Marine Island Marines.[1]

Hanley served as the head football coach at Haskell Institute—now known as Haskell Indian Nations University—from 1922 to 1926 and at Northwestern University from 1927 to 1934. Hanley reentered the Marine Corps in 1942 and was assigned to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in California and tasked with devising a combat conditioning program for the Marines training at the air station. While at EL Toro, he also coached the base's football team during the 1944 and 1945 seasons. Those "Flying Marine" teams went a combined 16–3 during his tenure. He left the Marine Corps as a lieutenant colonel in March 1946.[2] In 1946, he coached the first three games of the season for the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

Hanley died on December 16, 1970, at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, California.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. News: . March 18, 1946 . LtCol Hanley to go on Inactive List on March 25 . The Pendleton Scout . Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton . 8 . December 22, 2021 .
  2. News: . Maj. Dick Hanley Expects Call from Marines Soon . . . January 14, 1942 . 6 . August 28, 2016 . .
  3. News: Ex-Cougar Dick Hanley Dead at 76 . . . . December 17, 1970 . 33 . August 29, 2016 . .