![]() The first time Harley’s nephews took him golfing he shot an 82. Frank Castleman, he competed in a track meet for the Buckeyes and set a Big Ten record in the 50-yard dash that stood for years. In the spring of his sophomore year, as a favor to Ohio State track coach Dr. Louis Browns later offered him contracts to play Major League Baseball. In addition to his football heroics, he was a two-year starter at guard on the basketball team and a three-year starter in the outfield for the baseball team – the Chicago White Sox and the St. He is one of Ohio State’s few four-sport lettermen. ![]() Which is a shame, because with all due respect to the greatest athletes in Ohio State history, Harley should stand alone with that title. That’s why he’s on my first-team.’ But he played 85 years ago, so there aren’t any alums out there any more who remember Uncle Chic.” Chic Harley was a great runner, a great passer, a great kicker and a great defensive back. “He was asked why,” Bill Harley said, “and he said, ‘Red Grange was a great runner, but that’s all he was. The first-team running backs were Carlisle’s Jim Thorpe and Ohio State’s Chic Harley.īill Harley, 81, Chic’s nephew who lives in Oakbrook, Ill., said he remembers hearing a reporter’s explanation as to why he voted Chic above Grange. In 1950, when the Associated Press selected its All-Star college football team of the first half of the 20th century, the well-known running back great Red Grange from Illinois was a second-team selection. It would be 16 years after his last season that the Heisman Trophy was first awarded to the nation’s outstanding college football player. Harley was a consensus All-American all three years he played – 1916, 19. Had the Heisman Trophy existed when Harley played, he surely would have won the honor at least twice and perhaps three times. 15, 1895, but known throughout his entire life as “Chic,” Harley’s credentials alone warrant a place up among OSU’s Heisman Trophy winners that look down from above the north end zone of the historic Horseshoe. 34 Rob Harley, who is Chic’s great-great nephew.īorn Charles Wesley Harley in Chicago on Sept. 47 jersey is retired and finds its rightful place inside the stadium that was built because, at the time, there was no stadium in existence that could contain all the people who wanted to see the things he could do on the football field.Īccepting Harley’s honors today are members of his family, including current Buckeye defensive back, No. Stories of Harley’s accomplishments and what he did for Ohio State football and for the university should become more prevalent now as his No. That is the case, unfortunately, because Harley was a Buckeye when even older OSU fans were just a twinkle in their parents’ eyes. While the five current names that hang there – Heisman Trophy winners Les Horvath, Vic Janowicz, Howard Cassady, Archie Griffin and Eddie George – have become household names to Buckeye fans young and old, when the name Harley goes up beside them, not everyone will be sure to whom it refers. That much is certain – for there would not be an Ohio Stadium without him. Though his name has not been placed in Ohio Stadium until today, Chic Harley has always been watching over Ohio State football. 47 was retired at halftime of the Ohio State vs.
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