Jack Owsley
Jack Owsley, Yale football coach, 1905
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 17, 1883 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | July 14, 1953 (aged 70) Orford, New Hampshire |
| Playing career | |
| 1901 | Yale |
| 1903–1904 | Yale |
| Position(s) | Halfback, fullback, quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1905 | Yale |
| 1923–1924 | Yale (backfield) |
| 1925 | Navy |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 15–2–1 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 National (1905) | |
John Ebsworth "Jack" Owsley (March 17, 1883 – July 14, 1953) was an American football player and coach and businessman. He played college football, principally as a left halfback, for Yale University from 1901 to 1904. He was the head coach of Yale's undefeated 1905 football team that outscored opponents 226 to 4. He also served as the head football coach at the United States Naval Academy in 1925. He gained a reputation as a wartime producer of armaments, working with Marlin-Rockwell Corporation during World War I and with the High Standard Manufacturing Company during World War II. He was one of the highest paid persons in the United States in 1941 and 1942.
Owsley was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1883. His father was Heaton Owsley (1856–1930), an Illinois native and manufacturer. His mother, Harriet (Byrne) Owsley was a Mississippi native who died in the same year that Owsley was born. He was the nephew of Carter Harrison, Jr., the mayor of Chicago from 1897 to 1905. Owsley attended preparatory school at the Phillips Academy in Andover, New Hampshire, graduating in 1902.
Owsley enrolled at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1901 at age 18. He played for the Yale Bulldogs football team in 1901, 1903, and 1904. He played most of the 1901 season with Yale's freshman football team but was brought into the 1901 Harvard–Yale game a substitute. During the 1902 season, Owsley was ineligible due to "scholarship deficiencies." During the 1903 and 1904 seasons, Owsley was a starter, mostly at the left halfback position, but occasionally appearing at right halfback, fullback and quarterback. After the 1904 season, Owsley was selected as a second-team All-American at the halfback position by The New York Sun.
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