Emory J. Hyde (May 1879 – June 6, 1956) was an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

player and coach, lawyer, and businessman. He played football for the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

's 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team. He was the head football coach at

Texas Christian University Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the Add-Ran Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciple ...

from 1905 to 1907.

Early years

Hyde was born in

Michigan Michigan () is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the List of U.S. states and ...

in approximately 1879. His father, James K. Hyde, was a farmer in

Shiawassee County, Michigan Shiawassee County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 68,094. The county seat is Corunna, and the largest city in the county is Owosso. In 2010, the center of populatio ...

. His parents were both Michigan natives. He was a graduate of the Mead School.

University of Michigan

Hyde enrolled at the

where he received his law degree in 1904. While attending Michigan, Hyde played football for the

1901 Michigan Wolverines football team The 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the Western Conference during the 1901 Western Conference football season. In their first year under head coach Fielding H. ...

. The 1901 Michigan team was the first of

Fielding H. Yost Fielding Harris Yost (; April 30, 1871 – August 20, 1946) was an American football player, coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at: Ohio Wesleyan University, the University of Nebraska, the University ...

's "Point-a-Minute" teams. The team compiled a record of 11–0 and outscored its opponents 550 to 0.

TCU

In 1905, Hyde and Oliver W. Latham (Univ. of Michigan, '01) formed the law firm of Latham & Hyde in

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County ...

. While in Texas, he served as the head football coach at TCU from 1905 to 1907. In the summer of 1905, he wrote a letter published in ''The Michigan Alumnus'' announcing his hiring at TCU:

"I have signed to coach the Texas Christian University football team this season. T.C.U. is the only school of the Christian church in the South. It is located in
Waco, Texas Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the st ...
. I will take up my duties there September 1st, and return to Dallas after Thanksgiving. . . . I went after the job as soon as the season closed last fall, and with the very valuable aid of Yost and
Dan McGugin Daniel Earle McGugin (July 29, 1879 – January 23, 1936) was an American football player and coach, as well as a lawyer. He served as the head football coach at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee from 1904 to 1917 and again from ...
, and the good name of Michigan behind me, I succeeded in landing it. The climate surely has agreed well with me so far."

Hyde compiled a record of 10–11–2 as the head coach at TCU.

Family and later years

In approximately 1905, Hyde was married to Jessie Hyde, who was also a Michigan native. They had a daughter, Frances, born in approximately 1907 in Texas, and a son, James, born in approximately 1910 in Illinois. By 1910, Hyde and his wife had moved to Chicago where Hyde was employed as a manager for a reporting agency.Census entry for Emory J. Hyde and family. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census atabase on-line Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 25, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_267; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 1050; Image: 1002; FHL Number: 1374280. Hyde spent most of his career with Retail Credit Co., a credit reporting agency that changed its name to Equifax in 1979. In 1913, Hyde moved from Chicago to New York and became manager of the New York office of Retail Credit Co., with offices at 80 Maiden Lane. In 1920, Hyde was living with his family in

Woodhaven, Queens Woodhaven is a neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered on the north by Park Lane South and Forest Park, on the east by Richmond Hill, on the south by Ozone Park and Atlantic Avenue, and t ...

, New York. He was employed at that time as the supervisor of managers for the Retail Credit Co.Census entry for Emory J. Hyde and family. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census atabase on-line Year: 1920;Census Place: Queens Assembly District 5, Queens, New York; Roll: T625_1234; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 335; Image: 958. In 1927 and 1928, he was listed as a vice president of Retail Credit Co. in

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

. In approximately 1929, Hyde was remarried to Agnes Hyde. By 1930, Hyde and his new wife living in

Evanston, Illinois Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, ...

with Hyde's son, James (age 20). He was employed as an inspector for a credit bureau. In 1931, he was listed as a vice president of Retail Credit Co. in Chicago. Hyde served as the president of the University of Michigan Alumni Association from 1935 to 1938. He received the Alumni Association's Distinguished Alumni Service Award in 1947. Hyde moved to

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in 1938. He died at his home there on June 6, 1956.

Head coaching record

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