Ed Hess

Ed Hess

Hess from the 1926 "Makio"
Career information
Position(s): Guard
College: Ohio State University
Organizations
As player:
1924–1926 Ohio State Buckeyes
Career highlights and awards
  • Consensus All-American (1925)

Edwin A. Hess (c. 1906 – ?) 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 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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1926 Makio (OSU yearbook), p. 170.
  2. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 5. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ Farrell, Henry L. (1925-11-28). "United Press Chooses All-American Team: Undertakes to Name Eleven Best Playes of Season". Tyrone Daily Herald (Pa.).
  4. ↑ "Syracuse Draws Blank as Rice Names Official All-American Eleven". Syracuse Herald. 1925-12-15.
  5. ↑ "Coaches To Pick All Star Eleven: Jim Thorpe Canvasses Athletic Heads". Cedar Rapids Republican. 1925-12-04.
  6. ↑ "Associated Press Announces All-American Teams". Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune. 1925-12-14.
  7. ↑ Tad Jones, Knute Rockne, and Glenn Warner (1925-12-04). "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.
  8. ↑ "Westerners Lead On All-American: Chicago Critic Picks Team With Strong Aerial Attack". The Galveston Daily News. 1925-12-20.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Men's Varsity "O" Hall of Fame". OhioStateBuckeyes.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ Norman Brown (1926-12-13). "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.
  11. ↑ "Associated Press Picks All-American Eleven". Morning News Review (South Carolina). 1926-12-05.