Dick Hartley

Hugh Vinson "Dick" Hartley^[4] (December 13, 1900 – August 4, 1978) was an American college football player and business executive.

Dick Hartley

Hartley, c. 1920
No. 23
Position	Halfback
Personal information
Born:	(1900-12-13)December 13, 1900[lower-alpha 1] Fort Valley, Georgia, U.S.
Died:	August 4, 1978(1978-08-04) (aged 77) Petaluma, California, U.S.
Career history
College	Georgia (1920–1921)
High school	Georgia Military Academy
Career highlights and awards
SIAA Championship (1920, 1921)

Biography

Hartley was born in Fort Valley, Georgia, in 1900.^[2] He prepped at Georgia Military Academy, graduating in 1919.^[5] He then starred as a halfback for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1920 and 1921.^[6] As a member of the "ten second backfield"^{[lower-alpha 2]} in 1920, Hartley ran for 170 yards and two touchdowns in a minute and twenty seconds against South Carolina.^[8][9] That season, he scored a total of 11 touchdowns, including eight on runs of more than 35 yards.^[10]: 259 In 1921, he scored on Harvard,^[11] and he fumbled twice against Dartmouth.^[12] Hartley was also a standout member of Georgia's track team,^{[5][10]: 275} and was a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity.^[10]: 160

As of October 1922, Hartley was coaching high school football in Emanuel County, Georgia.^[4] In August 1923, Hartley was reportedly set to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.^[13] He joined Thomas Cook & Son in 1924, and was made a director of the company in 1964.^[5] During World War II, he was a major in the United States Army Air Forces,^[5] serving from September 1942 to January 1946.^[3]

Hartley died in Petaluma, California, in 1978.^[2] He was survived by his wife, two daughters, and one son.^[2]

Notes

1. Hartley's draft registration card of December 1942 lists his date of birth as December 13, 1901;^[1] however, both his obituary and Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) death file list his date of birth as December 13, 1900.^[2][3]
2. The term "ten second backfield" generally refers to players capable (or thought to be capable) of running a 100-yard dash in 10 seconds—that is, fast runners.^[7]

References

1. "Draft Registration Card". fold3.com. Selective Service System. December 1942. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
2. "Retired executive is dead". Sonoma West Times & News. Sebastopol, California. September 7, 1978. p. 3. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
3. "BIRLS Death File". fold3.com. United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
4. "Young Bulldogs Have Good Team". The Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. October 12, 1922. p. 13. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
5. "Ft. Valley Native Names Director of Thos. Cook". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. February 2, 1964. p. 13-D. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
6. Patrick Garbin. About Them Dawgs!: Georgi Football's Memorable Teams and Players. p. 29.
7. "Advent has ten-second backfield". The Cincinnati Post. November 11, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved September 9, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
8. The Rainbow of Delta Tau Delta – via Google Books.
9. "Georgia Defeats Carolina". The Atlanta Constitution. October 10, 1920. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Pandora. University of Georgia. 1921. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via usg.edu.
11. "Harvard Trims Georgia". Reading Eagle. October 16, 1921.
12. "Then Vince Said to Herschel. . ." – via Google Books.
13. Watson, Earle (August 23, 1923). "Dick Hartley to Enter West Point; Was Fine Georgia Back". The Telegraph. Macon, Georgia. p. 7. Retrieved September 8, 2024 – via newspapers.com.