Ellis Hagler
Biographical details
Born(1908-05-02)May 2, 1908
Barbour County, Alabama
DiedSeptember 21, 1990(1990-09-21) (aged 82)
Durham, North Carolina
Playing career
1926–1928Alabama
Position(s)Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1930–1957Duke (assistant)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
All-Southern (1928)
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame

Ellis Pruitt "Dumpy" Hagler (May 2, 1908 – September 21, 1990) was an American college football player and coach. He also coached golf. He played and coached football under Wallace Wade. Hagler was president of the NCAA Golf Coaches Association, chairman of the Southern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference Golf Committees, and a member of the NCAA All-America selection committee.[1]

University of Alabama

Hagler was a prominent guard for Wallace Wade's Alabama Crimson Tide football teams of the University of Alabama. He was selected All-Southern in 1928.[2]

Duke

Football

He followed his coach Wade and fellow assistant Herschel Caldwell to Duke University as an assistant and line coach for the Duke Blue Devils football teams.[3][4][5] World War II interrupted Wade's tenure, and Hagler continued as an assistant under Eddie Cameron.[6]

His most famous unit was the 1938 front seven, who were nicknamed the "Iron Dukes." They went through the entire regular season without allowing a single score.[1] Hagler's trophy received for an appearance in the 1942 Rose Bowl, the only one played outside of Pasadena, was found in the trash and resides at the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.[7][8]

Golf

Hagler produced 18 conference champions as a golf coach, coaching from 1933 to 1973.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Ellis P. "Dumpy" Hagler". Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  2. ^ "All Southern Selections". The Kingsport Times. December 7, 1928.
  3. ^ Lewis Bowling (2012). Alabama Football Tales: More Than a Century of Crimson Tide Glory. p. 42. ISBN 9781609497224.
  4. ^ Robert Franklin Durden (1993). The Launching of Duke University, 1924-1949. p. 239. ISBN 0822313022.
  5. ^ "Hagler To Coach Devils On Links". The Gastonia Gazette. January 29, 1957. p. 4.
  6. ^ Lewis Bowling (December 25, 2012). "With coach Wade at war, Duke wins first bowl game". Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  7. ^ "Durham Man Finds Rare Rose Bowl Trophy In Trash". November 10, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  8. ^ "Fred's Finds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
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