American football player, coach, and businessman (1883–1953)
Jack Owsley
Jack Owsley, Yale football coach, 1905
Biographical details
Born
(1883-03-17)March 17, 1883 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died
July 14, 1953(1953-07-14) (aged 70) Orford, New Hampshire, U.S.
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[1] 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's middle name is inconsistently referred to in various sources as Ebsworth, Elsworth and Ellsworth.
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