Edwin Hale
Quarterback, American football player
1896 – 1983
Who was Edwin Hale?
Edwin W. "Goat" Hale was an American football player for the Mississippi College Collegians who was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. After playing he served many years as a coach.
Hale was born in Jackson, Mississippi and played high school football at its Central High School. Hale got the nickname "Goat" playing there against Brookhaven in 1914. He battered through the line, scoring a touchdown, and ran past the end zone until his head hit a wooden building, loosening several planks. "Goat" played quarterback at Mississippi College from 1915 to 1916 and again from 1920 to 1921, after serving in World War I. During the war he was wounded, reported missing, and found later in a hospital in France. In 1921, Gale scored 161 points and gained 2,160 yards as he was selected All-Southern. He was elected to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1961, and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1963. Hale was inducted into the Millsaps College Sports Hall of Fame in 1970.
He is the name sake of the Hale in Robinson-Hale Stadium, wherein Mississippi College plays it home games. Hale died in 1983; he was 87 years old.
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- Born
- Jan 29, 1896
Jackson - Education
- Mississippi College
- Died
- Mar 25, 1983
Jackson
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on July 23, 2013
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