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Daniel Hurley (American football)

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Daniel Hurley
Harvard Crimson
PositionHalfback
Personal information
Born:(1881-11-16)November 16, 1881[1]
Charlestown, Massachusetts
Died:October 15, 1945(1945-10-15) (aged 63)
Career history
CollegeHarvard (1904–1905)
High schoolBoston Latin[1]
Career highlights and awards
  • All-American (1904, 1905)

Daniel J. Hurley was an American football player and doctor. He played college football at the halfback position for the Harvard Crimson football team and was selected as a consensus All-American in 1904 and 1905.[2][3] He was team captain for two years. Hurley was once badly injured, suffering a blood clot in the brain.[4][5][6]

Hurley graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1909 and interned at Boston City Hospital and Lying-In Hospital.[1] From 1913 to 1916 he practiced in Charlestown and was the assistant physician at the Charlestown State Prison.[1][7] From 1916 to 1917 he studied tuberculosis at the Trudeau Sanatorium. From 1918 to 1919 he was a captain in the United States Army. In 1919 he began practicing in Boston. From 1923 to 1931 he was a surgical specialist with the United States Veterans' Bureau.[1] From 1931 to 1938 he was a member of the state board of registration in medicine.[1][8] Hurley spent his later years in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. He died on October 15, 1945.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Donahue Appointed to Finance Board: Dr Hurley for Medical Registration Board". The Boston Daily Globe. August 20, 1931.
  2. ^ "Daniel Hurley Stats". sports-reference.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  3. ^ Caspar Whitney (Jan 1905). "The Sportsman's View-Point" (PDF). The Outing Magazine.
  4. ^ Carla Killough McClafferty (September 2013). Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football's Make-or-Break Moment. p. 20. ISBN 9781467716659.
  5. ^ "Hurley Badly Injured". The New York Times. November 23, 1905.
  6. ^ "College News". The Cornell Daily Sun. Vol. 26, no. 75. January 3, 1906.
  7. ^ "Warry Charles Dies in Prison". The Boston Daily Globe. August 10, 1915.
  8. ^ "Council Votes in Dr. Jakmauh". The Boston Daily Globe. December 9, 1938.
  9. ^ "Death Notices". The Boston Globe. October 17, 1945.