Hank Ketcham

Henry Holman Ketcham (June 17, 1891 – November 1, 1986) was an American college football player who played at the center and guard positions for the Yale Bulldogs football team. Ketcham was a consensus All-America first-team selection in 1911 and 1912, and a second-team selection in 1913. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968.

Biography Ketcham was born in Englewood, New Jersey,Ketcham's entry in his Yale class history gives his birth location as Highwood,

Ketcham played every game for Yale's varsity football team in 1911, 1912, and 1913. He helped lead Yale to a 7–2–1 record in 1911 and a 7–1–1 record in 1912 and was a consensus All-America Team selection for both of those seasons. In December 1912, Ketcham was selected as captain of the 1913 Yale football team. In a departure from past tradition at Yale, Ketcham subsequently appointed Howard Jones as the school's first salaried football coach.

At the time he graduated from Yale, Ketchum expected to work in railroading, having worked during one summer for the Big Four Railroad.

Ketcham moved to Seattle and entered the lumber business, eventually owning a lumber wholesale business. Three of their sons went on to found the West Fraser Timber company.

In February 1968, Ketcham was selected as an inductee to the College Football Hall of Fame. He died in 1986, aged 95.