Birth Date: | 5 September 1901 |
Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coach Team1: | Alabama (assistant) |
Coach Years1: | 1930 |
Player Team1: | Pittsburgh |
Player Years1: | 1920–1922 |
Player Positions: | Fullback |
Player Team2: | Army |
Player Years2: | 1926 |
Orville Melville "Tiny" Hewitt (September 5, 1901 – October 29, 1955) was a college football player and coach. He played for both the Pittsburgh Panthers and Army Cadets as a 200-pound fullback.[1] Hewitt coached for the Alabama Crimson Tide.[2]
Orville Hewitt was born on September 5, 1901.[3]
He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1927.[3]
He died in Avery County, North Carolina, near Asheville, on October 29, 1955, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[4]