Dick Harlow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dick Harlow

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1889

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 19-Feb-1962

Profession: baseball player, athletics competitor, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Richard Cresson Harlow (October 19, 1889 – February 19, 1962) was an American football player and coach.
He served as the head football coach at Pennsylvania State University (1915–1917), Colgate University (1922–1925), Western Maryland College, now McDaniel College (1926–1934), and Harvard University (1935–1942, 1945–1947), compiling a career college football record of 149–69–17.
Harlow pioneered modern defensive schemes.
Often fielding undersized teams, he pioneered coordinated stunts to get around or between blockers rather than trying to overpower them.
His offenses were based on deception and timing rather than power, utilizing shifts, reverses, and lateral passes.
Harlow was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.