Jacob Slagle

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Jacob Winebrenner Slagle (August 31, 1903 – January 10, 1981), often called Jake Slagle, was an American football player. He grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, attended Gilman School, and then Princeton University. At Princeton, he played fullback, halfback, and quarterback for the Tigers from 1924 to 1926. He was a triple-threat player, handling passing, kicking, and rushing, and he also contributed on defense.

Slagle earned national honors as a college player. He was named a first-team All-American in 1925 by United Press as a fullback. He also received second-team All-American honors in 1924 (quarterback) from Walter Camp and in 1925 from the Associated Press (fullback), along with other selectors.

In 1926 he missed most of the season due to illness, but after leaving the hospital in November he helped Princeton beat Harvard, prompting coach Bill Roper to call that game “the most remarkable” he had seen. Slagle also played soccer and baseball at Princeton and won the Poe Cup in June 1927 as the Tigers’ star triple-threat player for three years.

After graduating with honors in geology in 1927, Slagle worked as an assistant to Princeton’s dean and as an assistant football coach. In June 1928 he returned to Baltimore to become the backfield coach at Gilman School.