caption height_ft weight_lbs playing_years death_date death_place birth_place image_size article_title position playing_teams birth_date height_in pfr nfl image college name
hathaway from '' the arbutus '' 1917 5 238 1920 1920-1922 1922 1923-1924 1925-1926 1927 19 august 1988 clay city , indiana , united states terre haute , indiana , united states 200px russ hathaway
 guard , tackle muncie maroons buffalo bisons flyers dayton triangles canton bulldogs dayton triangles pottsville 14 january 1896 11 hathru20 hat509360 russell g. hathaway.jpg indiana russ hathaway
russ hathaway

russell grant hathaway -lrb- january 14 , 1896 - august 19 , 1988 -rrb- was a professional american football player who played 8 seasons in the early national football league for the muncie flyers , dayton triangles , pottsville maroons and buffalo bisons .
after high school , hathaway attended indiana university .
in november 1917 hathaway made a 27-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter for the hoosiers only points that game .
however it was the first score ever made against ohio state that season .
hathaway made his national football league debut in 1920 with the muncie flyers .
in 1922 , hathaway led the nfl with 9 extra points .
also in 1922 he helped the canton bulldogs win the 1922 nfl championship .
in 1925 he and the pottsville maroons won the 1925 nfl championship , before the title was stripped from the team due to a still-disputed rules violation .
he later said that during his time with pottsville , he was receiving $ 100 for playing in just one game , while the local miners working there did not make that in a month .
