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Arnold Horween

Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (died 1985)

Born
July 7, 1898
Died
August 5, 1985
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1898

About Arnold Horween

Arnold Horween (originally Arnold Horwitz; also known as A. McMahon; July 7, 1898 – August 5, 1985) was an American football player and coach. He played and coached both collegiately for Harvard University and professionally in the National Football League (NFL). Horween played left halfback, right halfback, fullback, and center for the unbeaten Harvard Crimson football teams of 1919, which won the 1920 Rose Bowl, and 1920. He was voted an All-American. Horween also played four seasons in the NFL, as a fullback, halfback, and blocking back (quarterback) for the Racine Cardinals and the Chicago Cardinals. He was a player-coach for the Cardinals. Later, he was Harvard's head football coach, from 1925 to 1930. His brother Ralph Horween was also an All-American football player for Harvard, and also played and coached in the NFL for the Cardinals. They were the last Jewish brothers to play in the NFL until Geoff Schwartz and Mitchell Schwartz, in the 2000s. After retiring from football, Horween and his brother inherited and ran the family leather tannery business, Horween Leather Company. Horween played left halfback, right halfback, fullback, and center for the Harvard Crimson, and was a First-team All-American, from 1919 to 1920. Horween was unanimously elected the Harvard Crimson's first Jewish captain in 1920. Horween returned to Harvard as the school's head football coach from 1925 to 1930, compiling a record of 21–17–3.

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Arnold Horween timeline

  1. Horween played left halfback, right halfback, fullback, and center for the unbeaten Harvard Crimson football teams of 1919, which won the 1920 Rose Bowl, and 1920.
  2. Horween played left halfback, right halfback, fullback, and center for the Harvard Crimson, and was a First-team All-American, from 1919 to 1920.
  3. Horween was unanimously elected the Harvard Crimson's first Jewish captain in 1920.
  4. Horween returned to Harvard as the school's head football coach from 1925 to 1930, compiling a record of 21–17–3.

The world when Arnold Horween was born

Arnold Horween was born in 1898. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineSpanish-American War — US gains territories
  • Technology milestoneMarie & Pierre Curie discover radium
  • World population~1.58B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population71.0M

1898 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Arnold Horween's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18982026
Population71.0M341 million

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