[3] While at West Virginia Wesleyan, Battles won 15 letters in five sports – four each in football and track, three each in baseball and basketball, and one in tennis.

[2] While at West Virginia Wesleyan, Battles also played semipro football for the South Akron Awnings under the name of Jones.

But he signed with the Boston Braves (now the Washington Commanders) in 1932, who offered him $175 per game, compared with a high of $150 from the other teams.

During their last regular-season game, Battles scored three touchdowns and the Redskins beat the Giants for the Eastern Division title.

[5] In the 1937 NFL season, Battles was again the league's leading rusher with 874 yards on 216 carries and won all-league honors for the fifth time in six years.

George Preston Marshall, the owner of the Redskins, refused to pay him more than $3,000 a year (the amount Battles had been paid since his rookie season).

[1] After the end of his coaching career, Battles became an associate with General Electric in the Washington Metropolitan Area before retiring in 1979.

[3] He died on April 28, 1981, in Clearwater, Florida, and is buried in Parklawn Memorial Park in Rockville, Maryland.