RUSS  HATHAWAY

    Born January 14, 1896 near Terre Haute, Indiana, Russ
Hathaway attended grade school and high schooll in the
coal-mining region of Dugger and Linton, Indiana.  He
played only a year of high school football and that was
at Linton, Indiana.
     In 1914 he entered Indiana University and made the
Freshman team.  As a regular for the next three years he
played fullback for two, and the last year as Captain he
played tackle.  In December 1917, he left Indiana Univ-
ersity and joined the Navy.  As an Ensign he made two
trips to Europe, and was discharged in June 1919.  As
the first athletic director of the Linton, Indiana schools,
he also taught Algebra and Geometry.  Russ played his
first pro football in the fall of 1919 for Pine Village,
Indiana.
     In 1925 he went to the Pottsville Maroons and stayed
through the 1926 season.  During 1927 and 1928 he played
and coached with the Portsmouth, Ohio team which later
became the Detroit Lions.  In 1928 he called it "quits" after
ten years of pro ball.
     While at college Russell was the first man to receive
the "Gimbel Medal" for devotion to studies and athletics.
     Russ was in the Grocery, Dairy and Meat Business
until his retirement in 1952.