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hale state yearbook pictured in '' makio 1901 '' , ohio 1901 1901 1902 & ndash ; 1903 8 april 1948 portland , connecticut , united states portland , connecticut , united states exeter academy ohio state 200px perry hale
 fullback homestead l & a.c. 7 october 1878 perry hale.png yale perry hale
perry hale

perry titus wells hale -lrb- october 7 , 1878 -- april 8 , 1948 -rrb- was an american football player and coach .
he played college football at yale university was selected to the 1900 college football all-america team as a fullback .
hale also played professionally for the 1901 homestead library & athletic club football team .
that season he also coached the phillips exeter academy football team and joined homestead in mid-november after exeter 's last game .
hale then served as the sixth head football coach at ohio state university from 1902 -- 1903 , compiling a record of 14 -- 5 -- 2 .
he was 0 -- 2 against michigan .
after his football career , hale was the water manager for middletown , connecticut .
he was arrested in may 1910 for misapplying city funds .
hale stated that the $ 5,000 shortfall was due to an accounting error .
a subsequent investigation found the charges to be groundless .
he died of heart disease in 1948 .
he had been blinded as a result of an explosion in 1913 .
in 1923 he was elected tax collector for portland , ct and held that position until his death in 1948 .
