Edwin Albion Hess, Sr. (c. 1905 – 1963) was an American football player. He played at the guard position for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team from 1924 to 1926 and was a consensus first-team All-American in 1925. Hess is the great, great uncle of guitarist Tom Hess.
 Hess from the 1926 "Makio" | |
| Ohio State Buckeyes | |
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| Position | Guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | June 29, 1905 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died: | May 20, 1963 (aged 57) Clarendon Hill, Illinois |
| Career history | |
| College | Ohio State (1924–1926) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Hess was the son of William Buchanan Hess and Florence Camille Beale and was raised in Chardon, Ohio.[1] He enrolled at Ohio State University in 1923 and joined the football team as a sophomore in 1924. He reportedly "did not flash until the closing games of the 1924 season."[1]
As a junior in 1925, Hess reportedly played well throughout the season and "rose to the height of his colorful playing" in the Columbia and Illinois games.[1] The 1925 Ohio State Buckeyes football team finished the season with a disappointing 4-3-1 (1-3-1 Big Ten) record, including losses to Michigan and Illinois to end the years. Nevertheless, Hess was a consensus first-team selection on the 1925 College Football All-America Team.[2] He received first-team honors in 1925 from the United Press,[3] Collier's Weekly (as selected by Grantland Rice),[4] and Athlete and Sportsman magazine,[5] and second-team honors from the Associated Press,[6] the All-America Board,[7] and Walter Eckersall, football critic of the Chicago Tribune.[8] Hess also won the Walter Camp Memorial Trophy in 1925.[9]
As a senior in 1926, Hess did not repeat as a consensus All-American. The 1926 Buckeyes improved to 7-1 with their only loss coming against Michigan. Hess received first-team honors from the Central Press Association,[10] and second-team honors from the Associated Press.[11]
Hess was inducted in 1985 into the school's Men's Varsity "O" Hall of Fame.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b c 1926 Makio (OSU yearbook), p. 170.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ^ Farrell, Henry L. (November 28, 1925). "United Press Chooses All-American Team: Undertakes to Name Eleven Best Playes of Season". Tyrone Daily Herald (Pa.).
- ^ "Syracuse Draws Blank as Rice Names Official All-American Eleven". Syracuse Herald. December 15, 1925.
- ^ "Coaches To Pick All Star Eleven: Jim Thorpe Canvasses Athletic Heads". Cedar Rapids Republican. December 4, 1925.
- ^ "Associated Press Announces All-American Teams". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. December 14, 1925.
- ^ Tad Jones; Knute Rockne; Glenn Warner (December 4, 1925). "Red Grange Placed on Second All-American Team: Coaches Keep Star Off First: Rockne, Jones and Warner Claim He Has Two Main Weak Points; Friedman Is Captain; Two Michigan Men Honored; Pacific Coast Stars in the Backfield". The Davenport Democrat.
- ^ "Westerners Lead On All-American: Chicago Critic Picks Team With Strong Aerial Attack". The Galveston Daily News. December 20, 1925.
- ^ a b "Men's Varsity "O" Hall of Fame". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 3, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
- ^ Norman Brown (December 13, 1926). "Six Mid-West Stars Are On Nation's All-American Football Selection: Mythical Team of Million Grid Fans Released; 500 Newspapers Conduct Poll to Get Genuine Football Eleven". The Davenport Democrat And Leader.
- ^ "Associated Press Picks All-American Eleven". Morning News Review. South Carolina. December 5, 1926.