Richard Edgar Hanley (November 19, 1894 – December 16, 1970) was an

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player and coach. Hanley played

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from 1915 to 1917 and again in 1920. During his four years at Washington State, the them was 22–4–1, including a victory in the

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over

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. Hanley is notable for being one of the few players to have played in the Rose Bowl for two different teams. In 1918, he enlisted in the

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becoming a player and captain for the Marine Island Marines. Hanley served as the head football coach at Haskell Institute—now known as

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—from 1922 to 1926 and at

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from 1927 to 1934. Hanley reentered the Marine Corps in 1942 and was assigned to

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and tasked with devising a combat conditioning program for the Marines training at the air station. While at EL Toro, he also coached the base's football team during the 1944 and 1945 seasons. Those " Flying Marine" teams went a combined 16–3 during his tenure. He left the Marine Corps as a

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in March 1946. In 1946, he coached the first three games of the season for the

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of the

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(AAFC). Hanley died on December 16, 1970, at Stanford University Hospital in

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