Ralph Jesson

{{Short description|American football coach and official (1893–1985)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|7|22}}

| birth_place = Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|1|11|1893|7|22}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1910s

| player_team1 = Pomona

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| coach_years1 = 1920

| coach_team1 = Loyola (CA)

| coach_years2 = 1924–1928

| coach_team2 = John H. Francis Polytechnic HS (CA)

| overall_record = 0–2–1 (college football)

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Ralph William Jesson (July 22, 1893 – January 11, 1985) was an American college football coach. He served as the head coach at Loyola College of Los Angeles—now known as Loyola Marymount University—in 1920.

Biography

Jesson attended Pomona College, where he played on the football team in 1915.[https://books.google.com/books?id=SmwmAQAAIAAJ Pomona College Quarterly Magazine, Volumes 3–5], p. 90, 1915. He served as the freshman coach at Occidental College.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106234312/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/357730752.html?dids=357730752:357730752&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+09,+1924&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Valenzuela+Is+Winner+Over+Jack+Milove&pqatl=google Valenzuela Is Winner Over Jack Milove], The Los Angeles Times, September 9, 1924.

In 1920, Jesson served as head coach for Loyola, where he compiled a 0–2–1 record.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4989 Ralph Jesson Records by Year] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215103424/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=4989 |date=2010-02-15 }}, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 6, 2011. From 1924 to 1928, he coached the football team at Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106234331/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/357975322.html?dids=357975322:357975322&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+27,+1924&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=MECHANICS+FACE+ROMANS&pqatl=google MECHANICS FACE ROMANS], The Los Angeles Times, November 27, 1924.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106234533/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/367367102.html?dids=367367102:367367102&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+02,+1928&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=HOLLYWOOD+MIDGETS+WIN&pqatl=google HOLLYWOOD MIDGETS WIN], The Los Angeles Times, November 2, 1928. From 1930 to 1934, he coached the school's basketball team.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106234605/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/371141412.html?dids=371141412:371141412&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+18,+1930&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Jefferson+Basketball+Quintet+Wins+Fourth+Straight+Victory+in,+Major+City+Cage+Race&pqatl=google Jefferson Basketball Quintet Wins Fourth Straight Victory in, Major City Cage Race], The Los Angeles Times, January 18, 1930.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121106235210/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/393148501.html?dids=393148501:393148501&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+13,+1934&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Other+16+--+No+Title&pqatl=google Other 16 -- No Title], The New York Times, January 13, 1934. In the 1930s, he also worked as a football official in the Pacific Coast Conference.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_yxLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PiINAAAAIBAJ&pg=7034,5375961&dq=ralph-jesson&hl=en Amusements], The Oxnard Daily Courier, November 24, 1933.

Jesson and his wife, Vivian Rich, the silent film actress, lived in Los Angeles, California. They had three children, the eldest of whom was Ralph William Jr.