Jesse Hawley (American football)

Jesse Hawley
Hawley from 1912 Hawkeye
Biographical details
Born(1887-03-25)March 25, 1887
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
DiedMarch 21, 1946(1946-03-21) (aged 59)
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Playing career
1907–1908Dartmouth
Position(s)Back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1910–1915Iowa
1919Dartmouth (adviser)
1920Princeton (assistant)
1923–1928Dartmouth
Head coaching record
Overall63–28–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 National (1925)

Jesse Barnum Hawley Jr. (March 25, 1887 – March 21, 1946) was an American football coach, inventor, and president of Hawley Products Company.[1] 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.

  1. ^ New York Times (March 21, 1946). "JESS B. HAWLEY, 58, FOOTBALL EX-COACH; Former Gridiron Chief at Iowa and Dartmouth Is Dead-- Headed Business Firm". New York Times. New York, NY. Retrieved October 19, 2016.