Tommy Hughitt
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| Position: | Wide receiver, halfback, quarterback, punter, placekicker |
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| Date of birth: | December 27, 1892 |
| Place of birth: | Genoa, British Columbia |
| Date of death: | December 27, 1961 (aged 69) |
| Place of death: | Bartow, Florida |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight: | 159 lb (72 kg) |
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| High school: | Escanaba (MI) |
| College: | Michigan |
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| Regular season: | NFL: 34–15–7 (.670) NCAA: 6–7–3 (.469) |
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Tommy Hughitt (born Ernest Fredrick Hughitt; December 27, 1892 – December 27, 1961) was a National Football League utility player, coach and politician. He was also an All-American quarterback for the University of Michigan in 1913.
Hughitt was born in Genoa, British Columbia, but grew up in Escanaba, Michigan; his father, Orrin Hughitt, owned the hardware store in Escanaba. His high school football career in Escanaba was undistinguished, and Hughitt saw little playing time on his high school squad. Upon graduation he went to the University of Michigan, where he played halfback and then quarterback for the Wolverines.
From 1915 to 1916, Hughitt was the head football coach at the University of Maine. He compiled a 6–7–3 overall record, including the Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association championship in 1915. An article in The Michigan Technic commented on Hughitt's success at Maine:
"Due to the excellent coaching of 'Tommy' Hughitt, former varsity quarterback, the University of Maine football tam won the state championship this season. Hughitt showed the effectiveness of the Yost system of coaching by developing a bunch of green material, a tam which staged a real 'comeback' after a bad start last year. Maine is highly pleased with the work of Hughitt and has engaged him for this season."
After experiencing a winless season in 1916, Hughitt left his coaching position in Maine and signed with the Youngstown Patricians of the Ohio League, turning professional as a player-coach. When the Patricians ceased operations due to the war and flu problems of 1918, Hughitt moved on to Buffalo Niagaras and Prospects of the Buffalo Semi-Pro Football League, returning to Youngstown in a brief and abortive attempt to relaunch the Patricians in 1919.
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