Perry Hale

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1878–1948)}}

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| name = Perry Hale

| image = Perry Hale.png

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| caption = Hale pictured in Makio 1901, Ohio State yearbook

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|10|7}}

| birth_place = Portland, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|4|8|1878|10|7}}

| death_place = Portland, Connecticut, U.S.

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| position1 = Fullback

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| college = Yale

| coaching_years1 = 1901

| coaching_team1 = Exeter Academy

| coaching_years2 = 1902–1903

| coaching_team2 = Ohio State

| playing_years1 = 1901

| playing_team1 = Homestead L & A.C.

| career_highlights =

• Coaching record: 14–5–2
• National champion (1900)
• Consensus All-American (1900)
• W. Pennsylvania Champs (1901)

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Perry Titus Wells Hale (October 7, 1878 – April 8, 1948){{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1948/04/08/archives/perry-hale-dead-grid-star-at-yale-allamerica-hero-in-1go0-wasi.html|title = PERRY HALE DEAD; GRID STAR AT YALE; All-America Hero in 1gO0 WasI =Blinded by Explosion, butI "Succeeded with Inventions|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 8 April 1948}} was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Yale University was selected to the 1900 College Football All-America Team as a fullback. Hale also played professionally for the 1901 Homestead Library & Athletic Club football team. That season, he also coached the Phillips Exeter Academy football team and joined Homestead in mid-November after Exeter's last game. Hale then served as the sixth head football coach at Ohio State University from 1902 to 1903, compiling a record of 14–5–2. He was 0–2 against Michigan.

After his football career, Hale was the water manager for Middletown, Connecticut. He was arrested in May 1910 for misapplying city funds. Hale stated that the $5,000 shortfall was due to an accounting error. A subsequent investigation found the charges to be groundless.

He died of heart disease in 1948. He had been blinded as a result of an explosion in 1913. In 1923 he was elected tax collector for Portland, CT and held that position until his death in 1948.