In just a couple of days we’ll be heading for Columbus to host a press conference where we will inform the entire community of our efforts to properly recognize Chic. In 1929, East High School did just that when they named its football field Harley Field. East is where Chic attended high school. In recent years the Harley Field sign has crumbled and today is no longer there. We intend to do something to rectify that. I can’t say enough about the cooperation of professionalism displayed by the find folks at East High School. They said they are honored to work with us on this project, the details of which will be announced Friday at the Eddie George Grille.
From there, we will announce and plan for other events in and around Columbus this summer and fall to call attention to the fact that if it wasn’t for Harley much of what we know today about Ohio State, professional football and even Columbus itself could be much different.
That is why the full length biography of Chic Harley called “The One And Only: Chic Harley: America’s Great Athlete” was written. It was written to honor Harley and to make sure that he is never forgotten. We wanted people to know the full, complete and true story about Chic.
With that being said, we will see how much interest the Columbus media has in East High School and Chic Harley at Friday’s conference. We have already several confirmed attendees. Either way, we intend to push forward.
If you want to join the Harley bandwagon, email us and we’ll sign you up. Or, call author Todd Wessell at 847-299-5511