Dick Harlow
Harlow as Penn State boxing coach in 1920
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball, track and field, boxing |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 19, 1889 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | February 19, 1962 (aged 72) Bethesda, Maryland |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1910–1911 | Penn State |
| Position(s) | Tackle |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1912–1914 | Penn State (assistant) |
| 1915–1917 | Penn State |
| 1918 | Virginia Tech (assistant) |
| 1919–1921 | Penn State (assistant) |
| 1922–1925 | Colgate |
| 1926–1934 | Western Maryland |
| 1935–1942 | Harvard |
| 1945–1947 | Harvard |
| Boxing | |
| c. 1919 | Penn State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 149–69–17 |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1954 (profile) |
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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.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harlow attended Pennsylvania State University. As a tackle at Penn State, Harlow distinguished himself during the 1910 and 1911 seasons. A two-year letterman, he also was a member of the baseball and track and field teams. Harlow was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
Upon graduation from Penn State, Harlow remained with the Nittany Lions football team as an assistant coach for three seasons and was named head coach in 1915. After compiling a 20–8 record in three seasons, Harlow entered the military in 1918. During the fall of 1918, he was stationed at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, where he coached the football team. After an honorable discharge from the United States Army, Harlow returned to Penn State in 1919 to assistant Hugo Bezdek with the football team. Harlow also took charge of boxing at Penn State.
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