Charley Way

Charley Way
Date of birth (1897-12-29)December 29, 1897
Place of birth Embreeville, Pennsylvania
Date of death January 31, 1988(1988-01-31) (aged 90)
Place of death Honey Brook, Pennsylvania
Career information
Position(s) Halfback, Quarterback
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 144 lb (65 kg)
College Penn State
Career history
As coach
1921 Dayton
As player
1921 Canton Bulldogs
1924 Frankford Yellow Jackets
1926 Philadelphia Quakers
Career highlights and awards
Career stats

Charles Ash "Pie" Way (December 29, 1897 – January 31, 1988) was a college football coach and professional American football player. Way was recognized as a consensus All-American halfback at Penn State University in 1920 and an All-Pro for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1924.

After leading the Penn State Nittany Lions football team to an undefeated 1920 season, the tiny (144 lb.) but speedy Way began his professional career in the National Football League (NFL); first with the Canton Bulldogs in 1921 and became an All-Pro as a member of fellow Nittany Lion, Punk Berryman's Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1924. He was a member of the 1926 American Football League champion Philadelphia Quakers.

Way coached football at the University of Dayton and Virginia Tech.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance from Penn State University in 1921 and had a long career with the Internal Revenue Service following his playing days. He lived in Thorndale, Pennsylvania until his death at age 90.

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