# Perry Hale

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**Perry Titus Wells Hale** (October 7, 1878 – April 8, 1948)[1] was an American [football](/source/American_football) player and coach. He played [college football](/source/College_football) at [Yale University](/source/Yale_University) and was selected to the [1900 College Football All-America Team](/source/1900_College_Football_All-America_Team) as a [fullback](/source/Fullback_(American_football)). Hale also played professionally for the [1901 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team](/source/1901_Homestead_Library_%26_Athletic_Club_football_team). That season, he also coached the [Phillips Exeter Academy](/source/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](/source/Ohio_State_University) from 1902 to 1903, compiling a record of 14–5–2. He was 0–2 against [Michigan](/source/Michigan_Wolverines_football).

After his football career, Hale was the water manager for [Middletown, Connecticut](/source/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, Connecticut, and held that position until his death in 1948.

## References

1. ["PERRY HALE DEAD; GRID STAR AT YALE; All-America Hero in 1gO0 WasI =Blinded by Explosion, butI "Succeeded with Inventions"](https://www.nytimes.com/1948/04/08/archives/perry-hale-dead-grid-star-at-yale-allamerica-hero-in-1go0-wasi.html). *The New York Times*. 8 April 1948.

## Bibliography

- [Notes of the Football Players New York Times October 17, 1901](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1901/10/18/101083499.pdf)
- [Admits Accounts Are Short: But Hale Old Yale Fullback is Not Worrying Over Charge New York Times May 4, 1910](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/05/04/105078029.pdf)

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