| Willard Hyatt | |
| Birth Date: | 15 June 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Meriden, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Meriden, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1903–1904 |
| Player Team2: | Yale |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1902–1905 |
| Player Team4: | Yale |
| Player Positions: | Center (basketball) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1905 |
| Coach Team2: | Sewanee |
| Overall Record: | 4–2–1 |
| Awards: | Basketball Consensus All-American (1905) |
Willard Curtis Hyatt (June 15, 1883 – April 10, 1967) was an American college football player and coach and college basketball player. An All-American basketball player at Yale University in 1904–05, he was part of the first group of college basketball players to be honored as such, and it occurred during his senior year. The Helms Athletic Foundation, which began in 1936, retroactively named the All-American teams from 1905 to 1935. Between 1905 and 1929, the Helms All-American teams are considered to be consensus selections.[1] [2] Following is graduation from Yale in June 1905, Hyatt served as the head football coach at for one season, in the fall of 1905, compiling a record of 4–2–1.[3] [4]
Hyatt was born on June 15, 1883, in Meriden, Connecticut, to Isaac Beach and Jennie Bishop Hyatt. In 1908, he joined the firm of Little, Somers, & Hyatt Co., dealers of home decorations and artist supplies, later serving as president until his retirement around 1957. He died on April 10, 1967, at Meriden Hospital in Meriden, following a short illness.[5]