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1879 Navy Midshipmen Football Team
The 1879 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy in the 1879 college football season. The team was the 1st season intercollegiate football squad to represent the United States Naval Academy. The team had no coach, as it was entirely student-operated; however, it was captained by squad member Bill Maxwell. The team played just a single game, which was a scoreless tie with the Baltimore Athletic Club. The team was entirely student operated, and was not supported by the Naval Academy's faculty. The school would not have another football squad until 1882. Background It is widely believed by football researchers that the playing of intercollegiate football began in November 1869, when a player at Rutgers University challenged another player at the nearby College of New Jersey (now Princeton). The contest more closely resembled soccer, with teams scoring by kicking a ball into the opponent's net, and lacked a uniform rules structure. PFRA Research, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Maxwell
William John Maxwell was a United States Navy officer who served as the 18th Naval Governor of Guam. He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1874, but was not commissioned as an ensign until 1883. He served aboard many ships before becoming one of the inaugural members of the General Board of the United States Navy. Afterward, he commanded both and . After becoming governor in 1914, Maxwell instituted a number of reforms, including establishing the Bank of Guam and the Guam Insular Patrol Force. He also reorganized the tax system and stressed the building and improvement of new roads. His plans to give Guamanians United States citizenship was rejected by then-Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Guam became the center an international relations incident when the German made port there asking for coal at a time when the United States remained neutral in World War I. Maxwell refused to break neutrality by providing fuel and supplies, forcing the ship to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kroll
Kroll is a German, Anglo-Saxon, and Scottish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Colin Kroll (1983/4–2018), American businessman; co-founder of Vine and HQ Trivia * Eric Kroll (born 1946), American photographer * Fredric Kroll (born 1945), American composer and writer * Heinrich Kroll (1894-1930), German World War I flying ace * Henryk Kroll (born 1949), Polish politician, leader of German minority in Poland * Joachim Kroll (1933–1991), German serial killer * Jules Kroll, (born 1941), American CEO of Kroll Bond Rating Agency and Chairman of K2Global * Leon Kroll (1884–1974), American painter * Nick Kroll (born 1978), American actor and comedian, son of Jules Kroll * Ted Kroll (1919–2002), professional golfer * Una Kroll (1925-2017), British nun, missionary doctor, parliamentary candidate, priest, and campaigner for women's ordination * Wilhelm Kroll (1869–1939), German philologist * William Justin Kroll (1889–1973), Luxemburger metallurgist, inventor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
End Zone
The end zone is the scoring area on the field, according to gridiron-based codes of football. It is the area between the end line and goal line bounded by the sidelines. There are two end zones, each being on an opposite side of the field. It is bordered on all sides by a white line indicating its beginning and end points, with orange, square pylons placed at each of the four corners as a visual aid (however, prior to around the early 1970s, flags were used instead to denote the end zone). Canadian rule books use the terms ''goal area'' and ''dead line'' instead of ''end zone'' and ''end line'' respectively, but the latter terms are the more common in colloquial Canadian English. Unlike sports like association football and ice hockey which require the ball/puck to pass completely over the goal line to count as a score, both Canadian and American football merely need any part of the ball to break the vertical plane of the outer edge of the goal line. A similar concept exists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navy Football Tailor Sewing Uniform
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includes anything conducted by surface ships, amphibious ships, submarines, and seaborne aviation, as well as ancillary support, communications, training, and other fields. The strategic offensive role of a navy is projection of force into areas beyond a country's shores (for example, to protect sea-lanes, deter or confront piracy, ferry troops, or attack other navies, ports, or shore installations). The strategic defensive purpose of a navy is to frustrate seaborne projection-of-force by enemies. The strategic task of the navy also may incorporate nuclear deterrence by use of submarine-launched ballistic missiles. Naval operations can be broadly divided between riverine and littoral applications ( brown-water navy), open-ocean applications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
