Ernest Hayes "Herc" Alley (June 4, 1904 – August 24, 1971) was an
American football player,
track
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Routes or imprints
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athlete, and coach. He served as head men's track coach at
Vanderbilt University from 1949 to 1971. Alley was also the head football coach at Middle Tennessee State Teachers College—now known as
Middle Tennessee State University—in 1939 and at Vanderbilt in 1943, compiling a career
college football
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Unlike most ...
record of 6–6–1.
A native of
Tracy City, Tennessee, Alley played football as an
end at the
University of Tennessee from 1927 to 1928. He died of a heart attack, on August 24, 1971, at his home in
Nashville, Tennessee.
Head coaching record
Football
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1904 births
1971 deaths
American football ends
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Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball coaches
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football coaches
Tennessee Volunteers football coaches
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Vanderbilt Commodores football coaches
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People from Tracy City, Tennessee
Coaches of American football from Tennessee
Players of American football from Tennessee
Track and field athletes from Tennessee