Ralph William Jesson (July 22, 1893 – January 11, 1985) was an American college football coach. He served as the head coach at Loyola College of Los Angeles—now known as Loyola Marymount University—in 1920.
Biography Jesson attended Pomona College, where he played on the football team in 1915.Pomona College Quarterly Magazine, Volumes 3–5, p. 90, 1915. He served as the freshman coach at Occidental College.Valenzuela Is Winner Over Jack Milove, The Los Angeles Times, September 9, 1924.
In 1920, Jesson served as head coach for Loyola, where he compiled a 0–2–1 record.Ralph Jesson Records by Year , College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved June 6, 2011. From 1924 to 1928, he coached the football team at Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California.MECHANICS FACE ROMANS, The Los Angeles Times, November 27, 1924.HOLLYWOOD MIDGETS WIN, The Los Angeles Times, November 2, 1928. From 1930 to 1934, he coached the school's basketball team.Jefferson Basketball Quintet Wins Fourth Straight Victory in, Major City Cage Race, The Los Angeles Times, January 18, 1930.Other 16 -- No Title, The New York Times, January 13, 1934. In the 1930s, he also worked as a football official in the Pacific Coast Conference.Amusements, The Oxnard Daily Courier, November 24, 1933.
Jesson and his wife, Vivian Rich, the silent film actress, lived in Los Angeles, California. They had three children, the eldest of whom was Ralph William Jr.
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