Wes Fesler Wesley Eugene " Wes " Fesler ( June 29 , 1908 – July 30 , 1989 ) was an American football , basketball , and baseball player and coach of football and basketball . He was three - sport athlete at Ohio State University and a consensus first - team selection to the College Football All - America Team three straight years ( 1928 – 1930 ) . Fesler was later the head football coach at Wesleyan University ( 1941 – 1942 ) , the University of Pittsburgh ( 1946 ) , Ohio State ( 1947 – 1950 ) , and the University of Minnesota ( 1951 – 1953 ) , compiling a career record of 41 – 40 – 8 . He was also the head basketball coach at Harvard University ( 1933 – 1941 ) and Princeton University ( 1945 – 1946 ) , tallying a mark of 67 – 108 . Fesler was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1954 . Playing career . Fesler came to Ohio State from Youngstown , Ohio . At Ohio State , Fesler was a member of both Pi Kappa Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa , earning a total of nine varsity letter s in baseball , basketball , and football . He was a charter inductee in the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame in 1977 . Football . Many believe Fesler ' s greatest talents were in football . He primarily played end and was a consensus first - team All - America selection in 1928 and 1929 and a unanimous first - team All - America selection in 1930 . Depending on the game situation , he would sometimes move into the backfield as a fullback . In 1930 , he was voted the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten . Jock Sutherland , the University of Pittsburgh coach , called Fesler " a one man team . It is unbelievable how that boy can do so many things . " In 1939 Grantland Rice listed Fesler at end on his all - time college football team . Fesler was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954 . In 1934 , high - speed photographer " Doc " Edgerton took the now - classic photograph " Wes Fesler Kicking a Football . " The stroboscope photograph demonstrated the dent in the ball at the point of contact . Basketball . In basketball Fesler was a guard . He was the basketball captain as a junior in the Spring of 1930 , and the football captain as a senior in the Autumn of that year . He was Ohio State ' s first consensus first - team All - America selection in basketball in 1931 . Coaching career . Fesler ignored interest from teams of the National Football League and instead pursued a career in coaching . He began his coaching career as an assistant to his Ohio State football coach , Sam Willaman , in 1931 and 1932 . In 1933 , Fesler accepted an offer from Harvard University as head coach of the basketball team and backfield coach of the football team . He stayed at Harvard until 1941 . His stint at Harvard turned out to be the longest tenure of his career . In 1941 , Fesler accepted an offer from Wesleyan University to be the head coach of their football team . Unfortunately , the Wesleyan football program was interrupted in after the 1942 season by World War II . In 1945 , Fesler accepted an offer from Princeton as head basketball coach and assistant football coach . He was later the head football coach at the University of Pittsburgh ( 1946 ) , Ohio State ( 1947 – 1950 ) and the University of Minnesota ( 1951 – 1953 ) . Fesler ' s 1949 Ohio State team was the Big Ten Conference co - champion and beat California in the Rose Bowl . Fesler developed the talents of 1950 Heisman Trophy winner Vic Janowicz at Ohio State and two - time Big Ten MVP Paul Giel at Minnesota . Fesler had a stronger record as a football coach than as a basketball coach . His combined record as a major college football head coach , at Pitt , Ohio State , and Minnesota , was 34 – 31 – 8 . His combined record as basketball head coach at Harvard and Princeton was 67 – 108 .