JETS DIRECTORS
"The New York Jets Directors greeted the challenge of the 'new' National Football League with high hopes in 1970, but, as fate would have it, the team was plagued by a rash of injuries during a season which saw the club compile a 4-10 mark, the poorest in the Jets' 11-year history. But 'pride' remained the guide word for the 1970 season and moved the team to surprising upset wins over Minnesota and Los Angeles despite injuries to key personnel.
The Jets Directors have known success and frustration. They appointed Weeb Ewbank in 1963 to build a team and their foresight paid off. The Jets captured a World Championship (1968) and two Eastern Division titles (1968 and 1969). Quite a remarkable transition from the bankrupt team that three of the original backers, Philip H. Iselin, Townsend B. Martin and Leon Hess, acquired in 1963.
The New York Jets organization is optimistic about the 1971 campaign. Weeb Ewbank and his staff have completed a sound draft, and with the added experience that veteran personnel acquired in 1970, the team figures to be in the thick of the race for Super Bowl VI. The Jets promise the loyal fans of the team a most promising future."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
PHILIP H. ISELIN (President and Chief Executive Officer)
"Philip H. Iselin is the President of the Korell Company and President and Chairman of the Board of the Monmouth Park Jockey Club. The popular Iselin has had an extensive background in racing and enjoys the unique distinction of heading two major sporting concerns.
Mr. Iselin lives in Oceanport, New Jersey, and in 1969 was the recipient of an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Monmouth College (NJ) for his contributions to the shore area."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
TOWNSEND B. MARTIN (Chairman of the Board)
"Townsend B. Martin, Chairman of the Board, is an internationally known owner and breeder of thoroughbred racehorses and a member of the Jockey Club. Mr. Martin is also engaged in the investment banking business with Bessemer Securities Corp. in New York City. An original backer of the Monmouth Park Jockey Club in 1946, he now serves on its Board of Directors."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
LEON HESS (Vice-President and Treasurer)
"Leon Hess is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Amerada Hess Corporation, one of the great integrated oil companies in the world. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Monmouth Park Jockey Club, the American Broadcasting Corporation and the New Jersey National Bank and Trust Company, among others."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
HELEN L. SPRINGBORN ( Vice-President and Secretary)
"Helen L. Springborn is the daughter of the late President of the New York Jets, Donald C. Lillis. Mrs. Springborn is an enthusiastic football fan. She resides with her family in Greenwich, Connecticut."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
JETS FRONT OFFICE AND COACHES
HOMER EDINGTON (Director of Player Personnel)
"Edington joined the Jets two years ago after a long high school and coaching career in Ohio and Michigan and directed the Jets to a strong draft in 1970. He replaced George Sauer, who had held the position from 1963-1969. Homer coached against Weeb Ewbank nearly 30 years ago on the Ohio high school circuit.
Homer graduated from Ohio State in 1938. He began his career at Fairfield High in Hamilton, Ohio, then moved on as an assistant coach at Ohio State from 1943-46. He returned to the high school ranks from 1946-50 with Chillicothe (Ohio) High before heading to Kent State University from 1950-53 as an assistant coach.
During the '50s Homer was a civilian athlete consultant to the U.S. Army in France and Germany and head coach at New Albany (Ohio) High. He coached at Lakewood (Hebron, Ohio) High from 1960-68 and then spent a year at Muskegon Heights High in Michigan just prior to joining the Jets.
Homer was born in Columbus, Ohio."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
JIMMY JONES (Assistant Director of Player Personnel)
"Jones is entering his second year as the Jets' assistant talent scout. He was drafted by the Jets in 1966 as a defensive end but a knee injury upset his career. Jimmy played with the Jersey Jets and had a preseason stint with Green Bay (1968) before heading for the Bridgeport Jets.
He played his college ball at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where he was an outside linebacker and tight end. He worked as an assistant coach at Morristown High (NJ) for three years, coaching pass offense. He was also a summer recreation director in Morristown."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
WEEB EWBANK (Head Coach and General Manager)
But Weeb, a native of Richmond, Indiana, can always point with pride to his distinction of being the only coach to win pro football world championships in both the National and American Leagues. He won world titles back-to-back in 1958 and 1959 with the Baltimore Colts, and he was boss of the Jets when they took the sports world by storm with their sensational 16-7 upset victory over the same Colts for the 1968 championship. In 17 years as a head coach, nine with Baltimore and the last eight with New York, Weeb has coached his teams to 113 victories against 104 defeats.
At Miami University of Ohio, he was a captain of the baseball team, a member of the basketball team, and- despite what Joe Namath might have heard- Ewbank was a quarterback once, too- at Miami. For 14 years following his graduation, Weeb served as an assistant coach at Miami. In 1943 he joined Paul Brown at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station as an assistant. When the war ended, Ewbank moved to Brown University as the backfield coach in football and as the head coach in basketball. After one season in the Ivy League he was enticed back to the midwest to become head football coach at Washington University in St. Louis.
After guiding his collegians to their finest record in three decades, Ewbank rejoined Paul Brown for five years as line coach of the Cleveland Browns when that club was the most powerful in pro ball. He went to Baltimore as head man in 1954 and continued his reputation of being connected with winners."
-Brenda Zanger, Pro Football 1971
"Success has followed Weeb Ewbank wherever he has gone as a professional football coach. Now entering his 18th year as a head coach, second only to Paul Brown in terms of service, he can look back upon three World Championships, over 100 pro victories, and the title of Coach of the Decade in the old American Football League.
Ewbank, head coach and general manager, guided the AFL Jets to the professional football championship of the world in 1968 and won titles back-to-back in 1958 and 1959 as coach of the Baltimore Colts, the team the Jets defeated for the crown. His feat with the Jets made him the only coach in history to win world championships in both leagues. In the opening game of the 1969 campaign, Ewbank recorded his 100th coaching triumph when the Jets defeated Buffalo, and the total now stands at 113.
Weeb began his career as an assistant at his alma mater, Miami University of Ohio, and spent 14 seasons there. In 1959 he was presented with an honorary Doctorate from Miami and in February of 1969 he was inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.
In 1943 he joined Paul Brown at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station as an assistant. At the end of the war, Weeb became backfield coach at Brown University and head basketball coach for the Bruins. After one season there he moved to Washington University in St. Louis as head grid coach. In two seasons he brought the Maroons their finest record in 30 years, compiling a 14-4 record, including a 9-1 mark in 1948. While there, Weeb also acquired a son-in-law- Charlie Winner, one of his players, married his daughter. Winner, formerly head coach of the St. Louis Cardinals, is now an assistant coach for the Washington Redskins.
In 1949, Ewbank entered the pros by rejoining Paul Brown with the Cleveland Browns, serving as line coach. During the next four years, the Browns dominated pro football, winning the All-America Conference title, then taking the NFL championship in 1950 and Eastern Division pennants in 1951, '52 and '53.
Ewbank publicly exhibited his brilliant managerial talents when he moved to Baltimore in 1954. He took a team that was beset with disorganization and within six years produced two NFL championships. Among the many stars developed by Ewbank in Baltimore were Johnny Unitas, Alan Ameche, Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, Gino Marchetti, Art Donovan, Bill Pellington, Jim Parker and Big Daddy Lipscomb.
In 1963 the New York Jets moved to get Ewbank to lead the struggling AFL franchise on the path to success. Moving carefully to reorganize the team, Ewbank led the Jets for four years before producing a winner for the first time in 1967. Then, in 1968, the rebuilding plans came to fruition with the Super Bowl championship.
Through the years, players and assistant coaches who have been under Ewbank have gone on to greater assignments. Three of these associates have become head coaches in pro football. Don McCafferty, who coached with Ewbank, is presently coaching Baltimore, while Don Shula, who played under Ewbank at Baltimore, is the head man in Miami. Clive Rush, Weeb's aide with the Jets, was the head coach of the Boston Patriots. Joe Spencer, a former offensive line coach with the Jets and presently in a similar situation in St. Louis, played tackle under Ewbank and Paul Brown at Cleveland. John Sandusky, Joe Thomas, Lou Rymkus, Art Spinney, Jack Patera, Carl Tassef, Bobby Boyd, Bob Shaw, John Bridges and Frank Lauterbur are others who have moved ahead after playing or coaching under Ewbank.
Since coming to New York, the 64-year-old Ewbank has developed six All-Pro (combined AFL-NFL) players- Joe Namath, Gerry Philbin, George Sauer, Jim Turner, Matt Snell and Winston Hill. Don Maynard, Larry Grantham, Dainard Paulson, Dave Herman, Sherman Plunkett, Verlon Biggs and John Elliott are others who have received All-AFL honors under Ewbank. Hill and Elliott were members of the American Conference Pro Bowl squad last year. A trio of these players- Namath, Philbin, Maynard- were selected to the all-time All-AFL team.
As an undergraduate at Miami, Weeb was a quarterback, captain of the baseball team and a forward on the basketball team. A native of Richmond, Indiana, he married the former Lucy Massey, also of Richmond. They have three married daughters, all with families."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
WALT MICHAELS (Linebackers and Defensive Backfield Coach)
"Michaels was a four-time All-Pro linebacker with the Cleveland Browns from 1955-58. He played with the Browns from 1952-61, seeing duty in two NFL championship games and on five divisional champions. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1951.
Walt was defensive line coach for Oakland before joining the Jets. He came to the Jets in 1963 and handled the defensive line until the '67 campaign when he took over his present assignment. He helped mold the Jets' defense into the AFL's best in 1968 and into the leading AFC defense in 1970. His secondary had a field day in the Super Bowl in '69 with four interceptions.
Last year Walt took two rookie cornerbacks and two safeties acquired by trades and coached them into a unit which allowed the lowest pass completion average in all of football.
Walt was born in Swoyersville, Pennsylvania."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
BUDDY RYAN (Defensive Line Coach)
"Ryan joined the Jets in 1968 and has molded rushing defenses which have ranked near the top. In '68 the Jets were first in the AFL against the rush, second in 1969, and in 1970 his charges led the AFC in rushing defense.
He helped develop Gerry Philbin into All-Pro status and had him and John Elliott on the AFL All-Star squad. Elliott went to the Pro Bowl last year and Philbin was named to the all-time All-AFL team. Buddy's rush line charges set a club record for dumping quarterbacks in 1969 when they toppled Houston's quarterbacks nine times in one game.
Ryan won four letters as a guard at Oklahoma State from 1952-55. He was defensive line coach at the University of the Pacific in 1967 after being head defensive coach at Vanderbilt in '66. From 1961-65 he was defensive line coach at the University of Buffalo and one of the players he began to develop there was Gerry Philbin.
He played on the Fourth Army championship team in Japan. He saw action in Korea and was a sergeant upon his discharge.
Ryan was born in Frederick, Oklahoma."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
KEN MEYER (Receivers Coach)
"Meyer came to the Jets in 1969 to fill the position vacated when Clive Rush moved to Boston. He spent one year with San Francisco where he coached the offensive backfield.
He graduated from Denison College in 1948 after lettering in football for three years. He coached at Denison from 1952 through '57, then he moved to Wake Forest for 1958 and '59. He became an assistant coach at Florida State from 1960-63.
Ken went to Alabama from 1963-67 where he worked with Joe Namath and coached five consecutive bowl games for the Crimson Tide. He has coached five pro players- Namath, Steve Tensi, Norm Snead, Steve Sloan and Wayne Trimble.
Born in Erie, Pennsylvania, Ken holds a master's degree from Ohio State."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
C.W. (WIMP) HEWGLEY (Offensive Line Coach)
"Hewgley joined the Jets last spring to take the place of Joe Spencer, who left for a job with St. Louis. He came highly recommended by both professional and college coaches. Wimp spent the previous nine years coaching the offensive line at Wyoming and Purdue.
Wimp played tackle and end at Wyoming, earning all-conference honors. He won the Land Award as the outstanding Wyoming athlete as a senior in 1958. His playing career was interrupted by a three-year tour of duty with the Army as a paratrooper and service team coach.
Wimp entered coaching in 1960 as the freshman coach at Wyoming and spent two seasons in that job before becoming the offensive line coach in 1962. He moved to a similar post at Purdue in 1967 and spent four years there before coming to the Jets.
He was born in Nashville, Tennessee."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
ED BILES (Talent Scout and Assistant Coach)
"Biles joins the Jets this year after working for two seasons as an assistant coach for the New Orleans Saints. He coached defensive backs at New Orleans and spent one year as Tom Fears' administrative coordinator. Before going to the Saints, Ed was head coach at Xavier of Ohio for seven years, coaching such players as Dan Abramowicz and John Shinners.
He graduated from Miami (Ohio) in 1953 with a degree in physical education and got his M.A. from Miami in 1955. He entered coaching full time at Woodward High in Cincinnati and spent three years there. Ed moved to Xavier in 1956 as freshman grid coach and took over the head job in 1962."
-The New York Jets Official 1971 Yearbook, edited by Frank Ramos
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