Charles Dudley Daly: Difference between revisions

| birth_place = [[Roxbury, Massachusetts]], U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|022|12|1880|10|31}}

| death_place = [[Pacific Grove, California]], U.S.

| CFBHOF_id = 131228

Daly attended [[Boston Latin School]]<ref name="price">{{cite book|last = Blaik|first = Earl Henry|title = You Have to Pay the Price|publisher = New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston|location = New York|year = 1960|pages = 40|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=I0cQAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA242#PRA1-PA240,M1|OCLCoclc=492493}}.</ref> and [[Harvard University]],<ref>{{cite book|title = Harvard Alumni Directory|publisher = Harvard Alumni Association|location = Boston|year = 1919|url = https://booksarchive.googleorg/details/harvardalumnidi00univgoog|page = [https://archive.comorg/details/harvardalumnidi00univgoog/page/books?id=UhFOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dqn188 172]|quote = charles+ dudley+ daly&source=web&ots=vCVBDoaPaR&sig=7FRzaumnKXj9YeY4puzXJ-igK6Y&hl=en.}}</ref> where he was a member of [[Alpha Delta Phi|ΑΔΦ]],<ref>{{cite book|author = Alpha Delta Phi|title = Catalogue of the Alpha Delta Phi Society|publisher = Executive Council of the Alpha Delta Phi FraterityFraternity|location = New York|year = 1899|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OaoKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA892&dqq=charles+dudley+daly+harvard&lrpg=PA892}}.</ref> the [[Fly Club]],<ref>{{cite book|author = Harvard University|title = Catalogue of the Fly Club of Harvard University|publisher = printed for the Club|location = Cambridge|year = 1916}}.</ref>, the [[Hasty Pudding Club]]<ref>{{cite book|author = Hasty Pudding Club|title = The First Catalogue of the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770|year = 1926|OCLCoclc=23111551}}.</ref> and editor of ''[[The Harvard Crimson]]'' for two years.<ref name="Boston Globe">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106673891/daly-takes-reins-today-part-1/ |title=Daly Takes Reins Today |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106673925/daly-takes-reins-today-part-2/ 3] |date=September 16, 1910 |access-date=2022-07-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> An all-around athlete, Daly was a member of the Harvard varsity football team from 1898 to 1900.<ref name="Boston Globe"/> He led the team's offense during its undefeated [[1898 Harvard Crimson football team|1898]] and [[1898 Harvard Crimson football team|1899]] seasons wasand thewas team captain during in [[1900 Harvard Crimson football team|1900]].<ref name="Boston Globe"/><ref name="Nason">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106674098/fabled-col-daly-one-of-greatest-he/ |last=Nason |first=Jerry |title=Coached Ike at West Point: Fabled Col Daly One of Greatest; He Weighed 140 |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |pages=51, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106674146/fabled-col-daly-one-of-greatest-he/ 59] |date=February 15, 1959 |access-date=2022-07-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was a Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in 1898, 1899, and 1900.<ref>{{cite web|title=Football Award Winners|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2016|accessdateaccess-date=January 17, 2018|page=6|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf}}</ref> He also competed on Harvard's [[Track and field]], where he won the high jump at the 1898 and 1899 Harvard-Yale meets and the broad jump at an 1899 competition against [[University of Cambridge]] and [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] in [[London]].<ref name="Boston Globe"/> Daly graduated from Harvard in 1901 with an [[Bachelor of Arts|''Artium Baccalaureus'']].<ref name="WWI">{{cite book|last = Mead|first = Frederick Sumner|title = Harvard's Military Record in the World War|publisher = Harvard Alumni Association|location = Boston|year = 1921|pages = [https://archive.org/details/harvardsmilitar02meadgoog/page/n285 242]|url = https://booksarchive.google.comorg/books?id=I0cQAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA242#PRA1-PA240,M1details/harvardsmilitar02meadgoog|OCLCoclc=47241947}}.</ref>

On the eve of the 1900 [[Harvard–Yale football rivalry|Harvard-Yale football game]], Daly received word that he had been appointed to the United States Military Academy.<ref name="Boston Globe"/> In 1901, he led Army to an 11 to 5 victory over Navy. In that game he had ana 95-yard kickoff return and kicked a field goal and converted one extra point. That same season he kicked a 50-yard field goal in a game against Yale. Army's only loss in 1901 came against Daly old team, Harvard, when Daly's successor as team captain, [[Robert Kernan]], stiff-armed him en route to the game-winning touchdown.<ref name="Nason"/> Daly was once again named to the All-American team in 1901. Daly graduated from West Point in 1905 and received the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.<ref name="daly">{{cite web|url=http://www.west-point.org/class/usma1985/content/view/55/1/|title=Eleven Former Athletes Will Enter Army Sports Hall of Fame in September|date=2006-09-09|publisher=West Point.org|accessdateaccess-date=2009-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517122141/http://www.west-point.org/class/usma1985/content/view/55/1/|archive-date=May 17, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last = Edwards|first = William Hanford|title = Football days; memories of the game and of the men behind the ball|publisher = Moffat, Yard and Company|location = New York|year = 1916|pages = [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.154173/page/n293 215]|isbn = 1-60303-045-X|url = https://booksarchive.google.comorg/books?id=pCh3XNwuW9MC&pg=PA215&dqdetails/in.ernet.dli.2015.154173|quote = charles+ dudley+ daly+ harvard&sig=EDKEizmmF6iYTd8pM2BGjTkxrJ0#PPA215,M1.|OCLCoclc=2047234}}</ref>

In 1906, Daly resigned from the Army and returned to Boston, where he entered the bond brokerage business and served as an assistant football coach at Harvard. On August 18, 1910, Boston Mayor [[John F. Fitzgerald]] appointed Daly to the position of Fire Commissioner. He took office on September 16, 1910, following confirmation from the civil service commission.<ref name="Boston Globe"/> He was removed from office by Fitzgerald on January 26, 1912. According to Fitzgerald, Daly was dismissed because he had neglected to sign paperwork approving a pension for John J. Carney, a former member of the department, before the man died. Daly contended that the reason for his removal was political, stating that "there has never existed any honest or proper reason for the Mayor's desire to remove me from office...He wished promotions, transfers, appointments and contracts awarded in a manner which did not seem to be in the best interests of the city... The grossest administration would have been very acceptable provided the political machine could have milked the department for the countless favors it lives on".<ref name=Fired>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106674337/mayor-removes-daly-cole-for-fire-head/ |title=Mayor Removes Daly, Cole For Fire Head |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106674432/mayor-removes-daly-cole-for-fire-head/ 2] |date=January 27, 1912 |access-date=2022-07-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Daly opposed special pensions "as a matter of principle" and contended that Carney, who had not yet completed his probationary period, had not died as a result of anything related to his duties with the fire department (Carney contended that his illness was caused by getting soaked during while putting out a fire and not being able to change into dry clothes for several hours).<ref name="Fired"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106671717/daly-opposed-special-pensions/ |title=Daly Opposed Special Pensions |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |page=9 |date=January 30, 1912 |access-date=2022-07-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Following his dismissal, Daly worked in the motor truck business.<ref name=Berth>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106671964/daly-wants-his-army-berth-back/ |title=Daly Wants His Army Berth Back |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |location=Washington |page=4 |date=December 13, 1912 |access-date=2022-07-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

On November 29, 1912, he married Beatrice Jordan.<ref name="Berth"/> The couple would have five children. Their three sons graduated from West Point and their two daughters married West Point graduates.<ref name="WP Obituary"/>

OnAfter Aprilthe 1,war 1913ended, thehe Warwas Department ordered Dalyappointed to report to [[Fort Myer]] for temporary assignment. He then jointed the [[5th Field Artillery Regiment]] at [[Fort Sill]].<ref>{{cite news|title=To Join Field Artillery.|newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe|date=April 2, 1913}}</ref> Following his reinstatement, Daly served in a number of stations of the [[United States ArmyDepartment Fieldof Artillery Corps]], including [[Fort Sam Houston]], [[Schofield Barracks, Hawai'iWar|SchofieldWar BarracksDepartment]], andGeneral West PointStaff, where he served as head football coach. Uponoversaw the Unitedtransport States'and entrytroop intomovements [[Worldduring War I]], Daly was attached to 338th Field Artillery, 88th Division at [[Camp Dodge]]demobilization.<ref name="Heart>{{cite news|title=Maj Daly Has Heart Attack|newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe|date=February 19, 1932}}<"/ref> He was promoteddemoted to temporaryRegular [[MajorArmy (Unitedgrade States)|major]]captain Field Artillery on August 520, 19171919, and attacheddetailed to [[3rdthe Battalion,U.S. 29thMilitary FieldAcademy Artilleryas Regiment (United States)|29th Field Artillery]]instructor. HeDaly was later detailedpromoted to [[Unitedmajor Stateseffective ArmyJuly Field1, Artillery1920, School|Schooland ofgraduated Fire]]from atthe Fort[[United SillStates asArmy instructor.Command Onand JuneGeneral 25,Staff 1918College|Command heand wasGeneral promotedStaff toSchool]] temporaryin [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]]1924.<ref name=Tripodregister>{{cite web|last=Fisherbook |first=MSG Danny L |title=Biography - COL Charles Dudley Daly|url=httphttps://membersbooks.tripodgoogle.com/~msg_fisher/daly-2.html|accessdatebooks?id=2008-04-02|deadurlNJi1d1JgAiAC&pg=bot:PA829 unknown|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5XyYCd85b?url=http://members.tripod.com/~msg_fisher/daly-2.html|archivedate=2008-05-21|dftitle=Official }}Army (,Register archived|date=January by [[WebCite]] at )</ref> On October 241, 19181935 he was promoted temporary colonel and placed in command of the 29th Field Artillery.<ref name|page="Heart"/><ref829 name|publisher="Tripod"/>U.S. AfterGovernment thePrinting WarOffice ended, he was appointed to the [[United States Department of War|War Department]] General Staff, where he oversaw the transport and troop movements during demobilization.<ref namelocation="Heart"/> He was demoted to Regular Army grade captain Field Artillery on August 20Washington, 1919 and detailed to the UD.SC. Military Academy as instructor. He promoted to major in 1920 and by 1921 was a [[Captain (OF|access-2)|Captain]].date=2022-09-13}}</ref name="Tripod"/> From 1924 to 1925, Dalyhe commanded the [[76th Field Artillery Regiment]] at the [[Presidio of Monterey, California|Presidio of Monterey]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Weeks Transfers Daly to Harvard|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 14, 1925}}</ref> In 1925, heDaly returned to Harvard as an instructor at the school's department of military sciences and assistant football coach.<ref name="Heart"/> In October 1926, he was transferedtransferred to [[Honolulu]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106673098/honolulu-post-for-maj-daly/ |title=Honolulu Post For Maj Daly |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |page=9 |date=September 28, 1926 |access-date=2022-07-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> From 1928 to 1934, heDaly was an Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics at West Point.<ref>{{cite book|author = Harvard University|title = Historical Register of Harvard University, 1636-1936|publisher = Harvard University|location = Cambridge|year = 1937|pages = 175|OCLCoclc=580949}}</ref> He graduated from the [[United States Army War College|Army War College]] in 1931 and was promoted to lieutenant colonel effective July 1, 1933.<ref name=register/> Daly spent his final years with the Army stationed in [[Washington, D.C.]], at the [[United States Army War College|Army War College]] and the War Department.<ref name="Retire"/><ref name="Obituary"/>

On February 8, 1932, Daly suffered a heart attack at his desk at the United States Department of War in Washington.<ref name="Heart"/> He retired from the Army on July 31, 1933, due to disability caused by heart disease. He retired with the rank of Colonel.<ref name=Retire>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106673261/maj-cd-daly-to-retire-july-31-part-1/ |title=Maj C.D. Daly To Retire July 2131 |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |location=Washington |page=1 |date=July 12, 1933 |access-date=2022-07-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Daly was the head football coach at West Point from 1913 to 1916 and again from 1919 to 1922. Known as the "Godfather of West Point Football", he was coach to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Dwight Eisenhower]], [[Omar Bradley]], [[Joseph Stilwell]], [[Matthew Ridgway]], [[James Van Fleet]], [[George S. Patton]] and other American military luminaries of the 20th century.<ref name="price"/><ref>{{cite book|last = Ford|first = Paul T.|title = The Descendants of Crohan Daly in America: A Narrative Genealogy|publisher = P.T. Ford|location = Amherst, MA|year = 1996|OCLCoclc=37277737}}.</ref> In 1921 he founded the [[American Football Coaches Association]].<ref name="Obituary"/> He retired from coaching in 1925 after serving one season as an assistant coach at Harvard while on military assignment there.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106673467/arnold-horween-named-head-coach-at/ |title=Arnold Horween Named Head Coach at Harvard |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106673576/arnold-horween-named-head-coach-at/ 13] |date=March 11, 1926 |access-date=2022-07-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Following his retirement, Daly moved to [[Pacific Grove, California]]. He died on February 12, 1959, at his home. He was survived by his wife and five children.<ref name=Obituary>{{cite news|title=Col. C.D. Daly, 78, Football Coach|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 13, 1959}}</ref> His memorial service was held at the Post Chapel at the Presidio of Monterey and he was interred at the [[West Point Cemetery]].<ref name="WP Obituary">{{cite web|last=Ridley|first=C.S.|title=Charles D. Daly 1905|publisher=West Point Association of Graduates (NCAA)|accessdateaccess-date=January 17, 2018|url=http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/4384/}}</ref>

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