Background
Hyde was born in Michigan in approximately 1879. His father, James K. Hyde, was a farmer in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
Hyde was born in Michigan in approximately 1879. His father, James K. Hyde, was a farmer in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
He played football for the "s 1901 "Point-a-Minute" team He was the head football coach at Texas Christian University from 1905 to 1907. He was a graduate of the Mead School.
Hyde enrolled at the where he received his law degree in 1904.
While attending Michigan, Hyde played football for the 1901 Michigan Wolverines football team The 1901 Michigan team was the first of Fielding H. Yost"s "Point-a-Minute" teams.
The team compiled a record of 11–0 and outscored its opponents 550 to 0. In 1905, Hyde and Oliver West. Latham (University of Michigan, "01) formed the law firm of Latham & Hyde in Dallas, Texas.
While in Texas, he served as the head football coach at from 1905 to 1907.
In the summer of 1905, he wrote a letter published in The Michigan Alumnus announcing his hiring at:
"I have signed to coach the Texas Christian University football team this season. T.C.U. is the only school of the Christian church in the South. lieutenant is located in Waco, Texas.
I will take up my duties there September 1st, and return to Dallas after Thanksgiving.
.. I went after the job as soon as the season closed last fall, and with the very valuable aid of Yost and Dan McGugin, and the good name of Michigan behind me, I succeeded in landing lieutenant The climate surely has agreed well with me so far."
Hyde compiled a record of 10–11–2 as the head coach at
In approximately 1905, Hyde was married to Jessie Hyde, who was also a Michigan native.
Hyde spent most of his career with Retail Cr Company, a cr reporting agency that changed its name to Equifax in 1979. In 1913, Hyde moved from Chicago to New York and became manager of the New York office of Retail Cr Company, with offices at 80 Maiden Lane.
In 1920, Hyde was living with his family in Woodhaven, Queens, New New York
He was employed at that time as the supervisor of managers for the Retail Cr Company In 1927 and 1928, he was listed as a vice president of Retail Cr Company in Atlanta. In approximately 1929, Hyde wad remarried to Agnes Hyde.
He was employed as an inspector for a cr bureau.
In 1931, he was listed as a vice president of Retail Cr Company in Chicago. He served as the president of the Alumni Association from 1935 to 1938.