12 Facts About Dick Harlow

Richard Cresson Harlow was an American football player and coach, as well as an oologist.

Dick Harlow served as the head coach at Pennsylvania State University, Colgate University, Western Maryland College, and Harvard University.

Dick Harlow was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1954.

Dick Harlow succeeded him as head coach in 1915, and hired Lawrence Whitney as an assistant.

Dick Harlow left Penn State to become the 20th head coach at Colgate University from 1922 to 1925, succeeding Ellery Huntington Jr.

Dick Harlow served as Colgate's boxing coach from 1922 to 1925.

Dick Harlow moved from Colgate to become the head coach at Western Maryland College from 1926 to 1934, succeeding Ken Shroyer.

Dick Harlow had many great players such as Eugene "Stoney" Willis, who threw the first shovel pass against Boston College in 1932, and Bill Shepherd, who was considered to be one of the best running backs in the country in the early 1930s, starring the East West shrine game in 1934 behind Michigan center Gerald Ford.

Dick Harlow had a great influence on Engle's career, and they remained good friends for many years.

Dick Harlow said that his "biggest thrill" came from those games where he beat Bosten College and Bucknell by such a lopsided margin.

Dick Harlow was named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954.

Dick Harlow was an expert in oology, the study of birds' eggs.