Jack Owsley John Ebsworth " Jack " 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 . Early years . Owsley was born in Chicago , Illinois , in 1883 . His father was Heaton Owsley ( 1856 – 1930 ) , an Illinois native and manufacturer . His mother , Harriet ( Byrne ) Owsley was a Mississippi native who died in the same year that Owsley was born . He was the nephew of Carter Harrison , Jr . , the mayor of Chicago from 1897 to 1905 . Owsley attended preparatory school at the Phillips Academy in Andover , New Hampshire , graduating in 1902 . Yale . Owsley enrolled at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University in 1901 at age 18 . He played for the Yale Bulldogs football team in 1901 , 1903 , and 1904 . He played most of the 1901 season with Yale ' s freshman football team but was brought into the 1901 Harvard – Yale game a substitute . During the 1902 season , Owsley was ineligible due to " scholarship deficiencies . " During the 1903 and 1904 seasons , Owsley was a starter , mostly at the left halfback position , but occasionally appearing at right halfback , fullback and quarterback . After the 1904 season , Owsley was selected as a second - team All - American at the halfback position by " The New York Sun " . Football coach . Yale . Owsley returned to Yale in the fall of 1905 as the head coach of the school ' s varsity football team . Owsley led the team to a perfect 10 – 0 record , as his team outscored opponents by a combined score of 226 to 4 . The 1905 team coached by Owsley has been recognized as that year ' s national championship team by Parke Davis and Caspar Whitney . In 1905 , Owsley was one of the advisers with whom President Theodore Roosevelt consulted concerning his campaign to reduce the level of violence and reform the game of football . " The New York Times " described an October 1905 meeting between Roosevelt and " the men who rule the game , " a group consisting of Owsley , Walter Camp , and five other persons . During the period from 1899 to 1912 , Yale had 14 different head football coaches in 14 years – despite compiling a combined record of 127 – 11 – 10 in those years . During that 14 - year span , the Yale football team has also been recognized as the national championship team by one or more of the major national championship selectors on seven occasions – 1900 ( Billingsley , Helms , Houlgate , National Championship Foundation , Parke Davis ) , 1901 ( Parke Davis ) , 1902 ( Parke Davis ) , 1905 ( Parke Davis , Whitney ) , 1906 ( Billingsley , Parke Davis , Whitney ) , 1907 ( Billingsley , Helms , Houlgate , National Championship Foundation , Parke Davis , Whitney ) , and 1909 ( Billingsley , Helms , Houlgate , National Championship Foundation , Parke Davis ) . Owsley also served as an assistant coach and coach of the " scrub " team at Yale for several years thereafter . He returned to Yale as backfield coach under head coach Tad Jones during the 1923 and 1924 football seasons . Navy . In December 1924 , Owsley traveled to Annapolis , Maryland , and was interviewed to become the head football coach for the United States Naval Academy Midshipmen . He was hired by Navy in January 1925 , and became the 18th head football coach for the Navy football team . His coaching record at United States Naval Academy was 5 wins , 2 losses , and 1 ties . As of the conclusion of the 2007 season , this ranks him 28th at United States Naval Academy in total wins and 13th at United States Naval Academy in winning percentage ( . 688 ) . Business career and family . After the 1905 football season , Owsley worked for the Scovill Manufacturing Company in Waterbury , Connecticut . In June 1906 , he underwent surgery for appendicitis and traveled west to recuperate . He accepted a position with Merrill & Ring Lumber Co . , at Seattle , Washington , in the fall of 1906 . He remained in Seattle until the fall of 1908 . Owsley returned to Connecticut in November 1908 to help the Yale football team prepare for its game against Princeton . Owsley married Helen Blanche Hall in November 1908 at New Haven , Connecticut . Her father , John M . Hall , was the president of the New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad . Owsley and his wife had two daughters , Julia , born November 27 , 1913 , and Helen , born August 18 , 1920 . From 1908 until at least 1910 , Owsley continued to work in the logging business , buying and selling lumber for people in the East . He lived in Seattle and made occasional short trips to the East . In December 1915 , Owsley became employed by Marlin - Rockwell Corporation , the largest producers of machine guns in the world . On January 7 , 1918 , the company sent a letter in support of a passport application to allow Owsley , then holding the position of assistant general manager , to travel to France to investigate the use of machine guns in aircraft . The letter noted that Owsley was given the charge " to observe the requirements of the airplane program in France as it may apply to the Marlin Aircraft Guns , and return to our organization with the practical information that will enable us to co - operate with the Government in manufacture and shipment to best advantage of all concerned . " His application was granted , and he arrived in Liverpool , England , on January 22 , 1918 , as a passenger on the " St . Paul " . On July 1 , 1918 , Marlin - Rockwell submitted an affidavit in support of an application to renew Owsley ' s passport to allow him to remain in England , noting that his presence was needed to demonstrate the company ' s Browning machine rifle , Browning machine gun , Barlow bombs , and Marlin aircraft gun , and to observe bomb tests . He returned from Europe on September 30 , 1918 , as a passenger of the " SS Adriatic " . At the time of the 1920 United States Census , Owsley was living in New Haven , Connecticut , with his mother - in - law Julia W . Hall , his wife Helen H . Owsley , a daughter Julia Hall Owsley , and four live - in servants . His occupation was listed at that time as the manager of an oil field . At the time of the 1930 United States Census , Owsley was living in New Haven , Connecticut , with his mother - in - law Julia W . Hall , his wife Helen H . Owsley , two daughters , Julia and Helen , and five live - in servants . His occupation was listed at that time as a lumber dealer . Owsley had developed a reputation as " a wartime production authority in New England " based on his service with Marlin - Rockwell during World War I . In 1940 , Owsley helped organize High Standard Manufacturing Company , an armaments company based in New Haven , Connecticut . In October 1940 , Owsley secured a $ 12 million order from the British Purchasing Commission for machine guns to be mounted on airplanes for the Royal Air Force . In 1941 and 1942 , Owsley was included on a list compiled by the Treasury Department of the top salary earners in the United States . His salary in 1942 was reported as $ 421 , 206 , a reduction of $ 122 , 000 from his 1941 salary . Owsley served as High Standard ' s vice president until 1945 , continuing thereafter as a director until his retirement in approximately 1948 . In a draft registration card completed at the time of World War II , Owsley indicated that he was living at 300 Prospect Street , New Haven , Connecticut , with his wife Helen Hall Owsley , and that he was working for the High Standard Mfg . Co . in Hamden , Connecticut . Owsley ' s wife , Helen , died in August 1943 . Owsley later remarried to Mary Gunn .