Charlie Guy

Charles Howgate Guy (December 5, 1896 – April 9, 1974) was an American football player. He played college football for Dartmouth College and Washington & Jefferson College and professional football in the National Football League (NFL) for five teams between 1920 and 1924. He was selected as an All-NFL player in 1923.

Early life Guy was born in 1896 at Schenectady, New York. He attended secondary school at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire. His father was Charles S. Guy, an immigrant from England.

College football and military service Guy played college football at Dartmouth College and Washington & Jefferson College.

Prior to the United States entering World War I, Guy left Washington & Jefferson when he was accepted into the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps. His February 1917 passport application to travel to France for that purpose was personally sponsored by Eliot Norton, a member of the family that organized the Ambulance Corps (aka the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps). He traveled to England on the SS Lapland, arriving in September 1917. After the United States entered the war, Guy served in the U.S. Army infantry from September 1918 to December 1919. He attained the rank of second lieutenant.

Professional football In September 1920, the National Football League (called the American Professional Football Association during the 1920 and 1921 seasons) was founded at a meeting in the Hupmobile auto showroom of the owner of the Canton Bulldogs. In the inaugural season of the NFL, Guy played at the guard position for the 1920 Detroit Heralds.

Guy played professional football in the NFL for five seasons. Following the 1920 season, he played for the Detroit Tigers (1921), Buffalo All-Americans (1921-1922), Cleveland Indians (1923), and Dayton Triangles (1924). In 1923, he was selected as a first-team All-NFL player by the Canton Daily News and a third-team All-NFL player by the Green Bay Press-Gazette. By 1935, Guy had moved to Mansfield, Ohio. In 1942, Guy was still living in Mansfield with his wife, Garnette, and he was employed there with the Westinghouse E & M Co.

His son, Charlie Guy, Jr., graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946. He played on the Navy lacrosse team and received the Schmeisser Award as the nation's best defenseman.

Guy died in 1974 at Tampa, Florida at age 77.