13 Facts About Ralph Jones

Ralph Robert "Curley" Jones was an American football and basketball coach.

Ralph Jones served as the head coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League from 1930 to 1932, leading them to the 1932 NFL championship.

Ralph Jones was the recipient of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's inaugural Centennial Award on November 27,2010.

Ralph Jones led the Indianapolis YMCA to statewide prominence, and then led the Crawfordsville YMCA, both of which claimed state YMCA championships under his guidance.

Ralph Jones continued his coaching at Crawfordsville, this time at the local high school and additionally took on the head coaching duties of Wabash College.

Ralph Jones mentored the first All-American in Purdue basketball history, as Dave Charters garnered consensus honors in both 1910 and 1911.

Ralph Jones was the athletic director for two years as well as being the assistant football coach to Bob Zuppke from 1913 through 1919.

Ralph Jones was there for 10 years coaching both basketball and football.

Ralph Jones refined the T formation by introducing wide ends and a halfback in motion.

Ralph Jones left the Bears to become athletic director at Lake Forest College.

All told, Ralph Jones tallied 404 wins in his coaching career for a winning record of better than 83 percent.

Ralph Jones wrote his first published book entitled, "Basketball from a Coaching Standpoint", published by Flanigan-Pearson Company, Printers and released in 1916.

Ralph Jones co-wrote, "The Modern "T" Formation with Man-in-motion" with Clark Daniel Shaughnessy and George Halas.