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American football player and coach (1912–1978)

American football player

Orville Tuttle

Personal information

Born:

(1912-09-18)September 18, 1912
Licking, Missouri, U.S.

Died:

April 20, 1978(1978-04-20) (aged 65)

Career information

High school:

Bartlesville
(Bartlesville, Oklahoma)

College:

Oklahoma City

Position:

Guard

Career history

As a player:

New York Giants (1937–1946)

As a coach:

Oklahoma City (1948–1949) (head coach)

Career highlights and awards

NFL champion (1938)
2× Pro Bowl (1938, 1939)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	60
Games started:	42
Stats at Pro Football Reference

James Orville Tuttle (September 18, 1912 – April 20, 1978) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as guard for six seasons with the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL). Tuttle played college football at Oklahoma City University. He returned to his alma mater, Oklahoma City, to serve as head football coach during the program's final two years, 1948 and 1949.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Bowl/playoffs
Oklahoma City Chiefs (Independent) (1948–1949)
1948	Oklahoma City	4–5–1	L Glass
1949	Oklahoma City	2–8
Oklahoma City:		6–13–1
Total:		6–13–1

References

"Orville Tuttle". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 24, 2014.

External links

Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
Orville Tuttle at Find a Grave

v t e Oklahoma City Chiefs head football coaches
Unknown (1903) Wynfred E. Allen (1904) Taft (1905) Dwight Porter (1906) Walter K. Chorn (1907) Paul St. Clair (1908–1910) Donald D. Shira (1911) George H. Pritchard (1912–1915) Roy Rutledge (1916) No team (1917–1920) Frank McCain (1921) Elmer B. Cottrell (1922) Lamar Hoover (1923–1924) Pappy Waldorf (1925–1927) Vee Green (1928–1932) Wesley Fry (1933) Stan Williamson (1934) Toby Greene (1935–1937) Os Doenges (1938–1941) No team (1942–1945) Bo Rowland (1946–1947) Orville Tuttle (1948–1949)

Oklahoma City Chiefs head football coaches

Unknown (1903)
Wynfred E. Allen (1904)
Taft (1905)
Dwight Porter (1906)
Walter K. Chorn (1907)
Paul St. Clair (1908–1910)
Donald D. Shira (1911)
George H. Pritchard (1912–1915)
Roy Rutledge (1916)
No team (1917–1920)
Frank McCain (1921)
Elmer B. Cottrell (1922)
Lamar Hoover (1923–1924)
Pappy Waldorf (1925–1927)
Vee Green (1928–1932)
Wesley Fry (1933)
Stan Williamson (1934)
Toby Greene (1935–1937)
Os Doenges (1938–1941)
No team (1942–1945)
Bo Rowland (1946–1947)
Orville Tuttle (1948–1949)

v t e New York Giants 1938 NFL champions
Charles Barnard Len Barnum Dale Burnett Pete Cole Frank Cope Ward Cuff Ed Danowski Johnny Dell Isola Nello Falaschi Stan Galazin Chuck Gelatka Johnny Gildea Jack Haden Ray Hanken Mel Hein (NFL MVP) Jim Lee Howell Larry Johnson Bull Karcis Tuffy Leemans Kayo Lunday Tilly Manton John Mellus Ox Parry Jim Poole Kink Richards Leland Shaffer Hank Soar Orville Tuttle Will Walls Tarzan White Ed Widseth Hugh Wolfe Head coach: Steve Owen

New York Giants 1938 NFL champions

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