Al Jolley
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No. 4 (1922) 22 (1923) 8 (1929) | |
| Date of birth: | September 29, 1899 |
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| Place of birth: | Onaga, Kansas, United States |
| Date of death: | August 26, 1948 (aged 48) |
| Place of death: | Marietta, Ohio, United States |
Career information | |
| Position(s): | Tackle |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) |
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| College: |
Kansas State Marietta Tulsa |
Organizations | |
| As coach: | |
| 1929 1933 |
Buffalo Bisons Cincinnati Reds |
| As player: | |
| 1921 1922 1923 1923 1929 1930 1931 |
Cleveland Tigers Akron Pros Dayton Triangles Oorang Indians Buffalo Bisons Brooklyn Dodgers Cleveland Indians |
Career stats | |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
| Coaching stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Alvin Jay Jolley (September 29, 1899 – August 26, 1948) was a professional football player and coach. He played for the Cleveland Tigers, Akron Pros, Dayton Triangles, Oorang Indians, Buffalo Bisons, Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cleveland Indians. He was a coach for the Bisons and the Cincinnati Reds. He also played for the Ironton Tanks of the Ohio League.
Jolley was also a Native American. He was a member of the Wyandotte Nation. This made him eligible to join the NFL's Oorang Indians. The Indians were a team based in LaRue, Ohio, composed only of Native Americans, and coached by Jim Thorpe.[1]
Coaching
In 1929 Jolley coached the Bisons ina season that saw the team winning just one game. Afterwards the team finally folded for good, making Jolley the franchise's last coach.[2] Jolley coached the Dodgers in the first ever NFL night game held on Wednesday September 24, 1930, in Portsmouth, Ohio. The Dodgers lost game 12-0 to the Portsmouth Spartans, the forerunners to the modern day Detroit Lions.[3]
Death
Monday, October 18, 1948, the Ironton Tanks had a reunion. At that reunion Eric Shattuck, a former Tank player, read the list of deceased Tanks as the crowd. Jolley was on the list. How or when he died is still unknown. A date of death for Jolley has been found. According to the Find A Grave website and his Ohio death certificate, the early football star died from carcinoma on August 26, 1948, in Marietta, Ohio. He was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.
References
- Whitman, Robert L. (1984). Jim Thorpe and the Oorang Indians: The N.F.L.'s Most Colorful Franchise. [Mount Gilead, OH]: Marion County Historical Society. OCLC 717439558.
- Uniform Numbers of the NFL
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