Henry William Orth (November 20, 1897 – March 25, 1980) 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 with ...

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who played one season with the

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of the

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. He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

Miami University Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio. The university was founded in 1809, making it the second-oldest university in Ohio (behind Ohio University, founded in 1804) and the 10 ...

and attended Chillicothe High School in

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. He also served as football coach at Zanesville High School in the early 1920s.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Orth, Henry 1897 births 1980 deaths Players of American football from Ohio American football guards Miami RedHawks football players Cincinnati Celts players Sportspeople from Chillicothe, Ohio