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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1898–1955)}} |
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{{Infobox college coach |
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|image = Orville Melville Hewitt (1901–1955) at West Point in 1927.png |
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|birth_date={{birth date|1898|9|5}} |
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|caption = At West Point in 1927 |
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|birth_date={{birth date|1901|09|05}} |
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|death_date={{death date and age|mf=y|1955|10|29|1901|09|05}} |
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|coach_team1=[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] (assistant) |
|coach_team1=[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama]] (assistant) |
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|coach_years1=1930 |
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|player_team1=[[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] |
|player_team1=[[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh]] |
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|player_years1=1920–1922 |
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|player_positions=[[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]] |
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|player_team2=[[Army Cadets football|Army]] |
|player_team2=[[Army Cadets football|Army]] |
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|player_years2=1926 |
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'''Orville Melville''' "'''Tiny'''" '''Hewitt''' (September 5, 1901 – October 29, 1955) was a [[college football]] player and coach. He played for both the [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh Panthers]] and [[Army Black Knights football|Army Cadets]] as a 200-pound [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19221212-01.2.18&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------#|title=The Stanford Daily 12 December 1922 — The Stanford Daily|publisher=}}</ref> Hewitt coached for the [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama Crimson Tide]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OpB2CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT38|title=Alabama Football Tales|publisher=|isbn=9781614236634|last1=Bowling|first1=Lewis|date=28 August 2012}}</ref> |
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==Biography== |
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Orville Hewitt was born on September 5, 1901.<ref name=Cullum>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalregi0000unse/page/2059/mode/1up |title=Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. From Its Establishment, in 1802, to 1890 |first=George Washington |last=Cullum |author-link=George Washington Cullum |editor-first=William H. |editor-last=Donaldson |volume=VII: 1920–1930 |publisher=Association of Graduates, [[United States Military Academy]] |page=2059 |year=1930 |access-date=2023-01-02 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> |
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He graduated from the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point in 1927.<ref name=Cullum/> |
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He died in [[Avery County, North Carolina]], near Asheville, on October 29, 1955, and was buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115679037/tiny-hewitt-star-fullback-for-army-in/ |title=Tiny Hewitt, Star Fullback for Army in 1920s, Dead |newspaper=[[The Washington Star|The Evening Star]] |page=18 |date=1955-10-31 |access-date=2023-01-02 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[https://ancexplorer.army.mil/publicwmv/#/arlington-national/search/results/1/CgZoZXdpdHQSB29ydmlsbGU-/ Arlington National Cemetery] |
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{{1930 Alabama Crimson Tide football navbox}} |
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[[Category:1955 deaths]] |
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[[Category:Pittsburgh Panthers football players]] |
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[[Category:American football fullbacks]] |
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[[Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches]] |
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[[Category:Army Black Knights football players]] |
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[[Category:Players of American football from Pittsburgh]] |
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[[Category:Burials at Arlington National Cemetery]] |
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[[Category:United States Army colonels]] |
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Born | (1901-09-05)September 5, 1901 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | October 29, 1955(1955-10-29) (aged 54) |
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1920–1922 | Pittsburgh |
1926 | Army |
Position(s) | Fullback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1930 | Alabama (assistant) |
Orville Melville "Tiny" Hewitt (September 5, 1901 – October 29, 1955) was a college football player and coach. He played for both the Pittsburgh Panthers and Army Cadets as a 200-pound fullback.[1] Hewitt coached for the Alabama Crimson Tide.[2]
Orville Hewitt was born on September 5, 1901.[3]
He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1927.[3]
He died in Avery County, North Carolina, near Asheville, on October 29, 1955, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[4]
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