Talk:Dick Hanley (American football)

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UW and 1918, 1919/20 uncertainty

@Paulmcdonald, Jweiss11, and MisterCake: you previously edited this article and might (or might not!) be interested in a minor research project. Currently the article references a playing career via the infobox only:

1915–1917 Washington State
1919 Washington State
1924 Racine Legion

The 2016 WSU Media Guide includes Hanley:

"Letterman section" - 11 R. E. “Dick” Hanley HB Spokane North Central 1915-17, 20 (pg 128)

Note, there are additional "Hanleys" from that era, but the first names seem to imply different they are people.

The 2016 Washington Media Guide includes Hanley:

"Huskies in Pro Football" - Dick Hanley, wb Racine (1924) (pg 181)

re the 1918 collegiate gap in the infobox, Washington State didn't field a team in 1918, while Washington did so. It's conceivable Hanley spent 1918 at Washington and returned to WSU for 1919 (article, as-is) and/or 1920 (per WSU Media Guide). The UW Media Guide does not list him as a letterman for any year (pg 169) and does list letterman for this era, generally. So UW claims him as pro football player without a lettering, while WSU account for him in 1918 due to their gap year. UW Dawgs (talk) 18:22, 28 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure here. But there's a good chance Hanley was serving the military in the fall of 1918. Jweiss11 (talk) 20:33, 28 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Am planing to circle back, but found many good sources in Google Books about the Hanleys as a bunch of brothers from a Spokane family, some playing concurrently at WSU, and with many proceding to coaching careers. So lots of room to grow and cross-link. UW Dawgs (talk) 00:44, 30 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]