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{{Short description|American football player (1896–1988)}}
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{{Infobox CFL biography
| name = Russ Hathaway
| image = Russell G. Hathaway.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Hathaway from ''The Arbutus'' 1917
| birth_date = {{birth_date|1896|01|14}}
| birth_place = [[Terre Haute, Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|08|19|1896|01|14}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/hath00400.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-12-28 |archive-date=2016-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818234000/http://profootballarchives.com/hath00400.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| death_place = [[Clay City, Indiana]], U.S.
| number =
| position1 = [[Tackle (American football position)|Tackle]], [[Guard (American football)|Guard]], [[Placekicker|Kicker]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 238
| college = [[Indiana University|Indiana]]
| playing_years1 = 1920
| playing_team1 = [[Muncie Flyers]]
| playing_years2 = 1920–1922
| playing_team2 = [[Dayton Triangles]]
| playing_years3 = 1922
| playing_team3 = [[Canton Bulldogs]]
| playing_years4 = 1923–1924
| playing_team4 = Dayton Triangles
| playing_years5 = 1925–1926
| playing_team5 = [[Pottsville Maroons]]
| playing_years6 = 1927
| playing_team6 = [[Buffalo Bisons (NFL)|Buffalo Bisons]]
| career_highlights = * [[List of NFL champions|NFL champion]] ([[1922 Canton Bulldogs season|1922]])
* Disputed NFL champion ([[1925 NFL Championship controversy|1925]])
* George Halas: 2nd team all-NFL (1922)
* Canton Daily News: 1st team all-NFL (1923)
* GB Press-Gazette: 2nd team all-NFL (1923)
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 64
| statlabel2 = [[Starting lineup|Starts]]
| statvalue2 = 52
| statlabel3 = Field goals
| statvalue3 = 10
| statlabel4 = Extra points
| statvalue4 = 28 Other stats incomplete
| PFR = HathRu20.htm
}}

'''Russell Grant Hathaway''' (January 14, 1896 – August 19, 1988) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player for eight seasons in the early [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Muncie Flyers]], [[Dayton Triangles]], [[Pottsville Maroons]] and [[Buffalo Bisons (NFL)|Buffalo Bisons]].

==Biography==

A native of [[Terre Haute]], Indiana, Hathaway attended [[Indiana University]]. In November 1917 Hathaway made a 27-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter for the Hoosiers only points that game. However, it was the first score ever made against [[Ohio State Buckeyes football|Ohio State]] that season.

Hathaway made his National Football League debut in 1920 with the [[Muncie Flyers]]. In 1922, Hathaway led the NFL with 9 extra points.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballhistorian.com/football_heroes.cfm?page=30|title=Football Historian - Football History, facts, stats, players, history}}</ref> Also in 1922 he helped the [[Canton Bulldogs]] win the 1922 NFL Championship. In 1925 he and the Pottsville Maroons won the [[1925 NFL Championship controversy|1925 NFL Championship, before the title was stripped from the team due to a still-disputed rules violation]]. He later said that during his time with Pottsville, he was receiving $100 for playing in just one game, while the local miners working there did not make that in a month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Pottsville_Maroons.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-03-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205091019/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Pottsville_Maroons.pdf |archive-date=2009-02-05 }}</ref>

==References==
*{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyqCzRbRsbMC&q=Russ+Hathaway+football | title=The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia | first=Jack | last=Park | isbn=1-58261-695-7 | publisher=Sports Publishing LLC | year=2003}}
*{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rCnbhSRZpgIC | title=Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football | first=Robert W. | last=Peterson | isbn=0-19-511913-4 | publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] | year=1997}}
*{{cite journal | title=1925 Pottsville Maroons | journal=Coffin Corner | publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association | year=1981 | pages=1–30 | url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Pottsville_Maroons.pdf | author=Horrigan Joe, Bob Braunwart & Bob Carroll | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205091019/http://www.profootballresearchers.org/Articles/Pottsville_Maroons.pdf | archive-date=2009-02-05 }}
*[http://www.footballhistorian.com/football_heroes.cfm?page=30 Football Historian: Leading Scorers-1922]

==Notes==
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{{1922 Canton Bulldogs}}
{{1925 Pottsville Maroons}}

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[[Category:Canton Bulldogs players]]
[[Category:Buffalo Bisons (NFL) players]]
[[Category:Dayton Triangles players]]
[[Category:Indiana Hoosiers football players]]
[[Category:Muncie Flyers players]]
[[Category:Pottsville Maroons players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Terre Haute, Indiana]]
[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:1988 deaths]]

Russ Hathaway - Revision history

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