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Born Charles Wesley Harley in Chicago on Sept. 15, 1895, but known throughout his entire life as "Chic," Harley's credentials alone warrant a place up among OSU's Heisman Trophy winners that look down from above the north end zone of the historic Horseshoe. Had the Heisman Trophy existed when Harley played, he surely would have won the honor at least twice and perhaps three times. Harley was a consensus All-American all three years he played - 1916, 1917 and 1919. It would be 16 years after his last season that the Heisman Trophy was first awarded to the nation's outstanding college football player.
In 1950, when the Associated Press selected its All-Star college football team of the first half of the 20th century, the well-known running back great Red Grange from Illinois was a second-team selection. The first-team running backs were Carlisle's Jim Thorpe and Ohio State's Chic Harley.
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He is one of Ohio State's few four-sport lettermen. In addition to his football heroics, he was a two-year starter at guard on the basketball team and a three-year starter in the outfield for the baseball team - the Chicago White Sox and the St. Louis Browns later offered him contracts to play Major League Baseball. In the spring of his sophomore year, as a favor to Ohio State track coach Dr. Frank Castleman, he competed in a track meet for the Buckeyes and set a Big Ten record in the 50-yard dash that stood for years. The first time Harley's nephews took him golfing he shot an 82. The legendary pool player Willie Hoppe once lost to Harley in a game of billiards at the Clock Restaurant in downtown Columbus.
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