Jesse Hawley (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jesse Hawley (American football)

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1887

Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1946

Profession: head coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Jesse Hawley (American football)

  • Jesse Barnum Hawley Jr.
  • (March 25, 1887 – March 21, 1946) was an American football coach, inventor, and president of Hawley Products Company.
  • He served as the head coach at the University of Iowa from 1910 to 1915 and at Dartmouth College from 1923 to 1928, compiling a career college football record of 63–28–1.
  • Hawley was the tenth head coach in Iowa football history and led Dartmouth to a national championship in 1925.
  • In 1935, Hawley invented a tropical shaped, pressed fiber sun helmet that was adopted in 1940 by the United States military.
  • Approximately 250,000 of Hawley's military sun helmets were produced during World War II by Hawley Products Company and the International Hat Company.

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