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Chic Harley, HB, S, P, K (1916, 1917 and 1919)
Born: 1894 (Chicago)
High School: East (Columbus)
Died: 1974 (Columbus)

Ohio State:
The Buckeyes were 21-1-1 with Harley on the team.
1916 Big Ten Title.
1917 Big Ten Title.
Went 1-0 against That Team (Ohio State's first victory in the series).

Honors:
1916 All-American.
1917 All-American.
1918 was a pilot in the Air Force for WWI.
1919 All-American.


Charles “Chic” Harley was Ohio State’s first three-time All-American. Harley won All-America honors as a running back in 1916 and ’17. He spent 1918 in the military but then returned to OSU in 1919 and picked up where he had left off, again winning All-America acclaim. In addition to running the football, he also punted, kicked extra points (he used the drop kick) and played defense. Fans turned out in record numbers to watch Harley play.

Harley led the Buckeyes to their first Big Ten title in 1916, a repeat championship in 1917 and a second-place finish in 1919.

Tony Felici was a relatively small defensive end, even by the standards of the early 1980s – his playing weight as a senior was listed at 205 pounds – but that did not stop him from being a presence on the defensive line. A walk-on from Omaha Central, he was an All-Big Eight selection in 1981 and 1982.


In the 1981 game versus Florida State, linebacker Mike Knox blasted a Seminole kick returner so hard that the ball flew out of his hands. Felici caught it on the fly and returned it for a 13-yard touchdown. During his Husker career, Felici recorded 14 sacks and made numerous other tackle for loss.

Bob Ferguson, FB (1959-61)
Born: 1939 (Troy, Ohio)
High School: Troy
Died: 2004 (Columbus)

Ohio State:
The Buckeyes were 18-7-2 with Ferguson on the team.
1961 National Champion.
1961 Big Ten Title.
Went 2-1 against That Team.

Honors:
1961 Maxwell Award.
1961 All-American.
1961 All-Big Ten.
1961 Runner-up for Heisman Trophy.
1960 All-American.
1960 All-Big Ten.
1987 Inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame.

#45 is another retired Buckeye football jersey number.  This one honors ARCHIE GRIFFIN (RB) 1972-1975.  Archie is consummate Buckeye, the only 2-time Heisman Trophy winner and holds dozens of other honors, awards, and a statue outside the 'Shoe as well as at the Rose Bowl!


#45 - Former Player is Andy Katzenmoyer (LB) 1996-1998 The 'Big Kat' was the last player to wear the #45 and an outstanding All-American linebacker for the Buckeyes.

Alvin Dark--three-sport superstar at LSU in the early 1940s who received a scholarship to play basketball and baseball, and then ended up trying out and making the football team as well.  He lettered in all three sports, and on the football field he led the 1942 team in both rushing and passing yards and was also a heck of a punter.  In the Tigers’ 21-7 homecoming victory over Ole Miss in 1942, Dark ran for touchdowns of 70 and 46 yards.  However, according to his Louisiana Hall of Fame bio, his most vivid memories of that game were his four punts--a 75-yarder and three coffin corner kicks that pinned the Rebels inside their two-yard line.

Before one punt, Dark asked the referee where the ball would be placed if he hit the flag, and the official replied, “Right on the one-foot line.” Dark proceeded to hit the flag and later recounted that it was one of those things that couldn’t be repeated in two lifetimes of punting.

In 1943, Dark helped lead the LSU baseball team to an SEC title, but then, because of World War II, joined the Marine Corps’ V-12 program and was assigned to a unit at the Southwestern Louisiana Institute in Lafayette, where he continued to excel in baseball and also quarterbacked the football team to an undefeated season and a New Year’s Day Oil Bowl victory.  After serving in Asia during the war, he returned home and chose to pursue a long and successful professional career in baseball, first as a player and then as a manager.