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1883 Yale Bulldogs Football Team
The 1883 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1883 college football season. The team compiled a 9–0 record, shut out eight of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents, 540 to 2. The team was retroactively named as the national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation, Billingsley Report, National Championship Foundation and Parke H. Davis. Schedule Roster * Rushers: Samuel Reading Bertron (4), Howard H. Knapp, F. G. Peters (4), Ray Tompkins, A. L. Farwell (4), Williams (4), Louis K. Hull, W. P. McCrorey * Quarterback: Henry Twombly (4) * Halfbacks: Wyllys Terry, Eugene Lamb Richards * Back: Benjamin Wisner Bacon References {{College Football National Champion pre-AP Poll navbox Yale Yale Bulldogs football seasons College football national champions College football undefeated seasons Yale Bulldogs football The Yale Bulldogs football program represents Yale University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Tompkins
Ray Tompkins (January 28, 1861 – June 30, 1918) was an American football player and businessman. Early years Tompkins was born in 1861 in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. His father was engaged in the lumber business in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In 1870, the family moved to Elmira, New York, engaging in the wholesale grocery business. Tompkins received early education in the Elmira public schools, the Elmira Free Academy, and the Williston Seminary in East Hampton, Massachusetts. Yale In 1879, Tompkins enrolled at Yale University. He was a multi-sport athlete at Yale, competing in football, baseball, and crew. He played on the undefeated 1881, 1882, and 1883 Yale Bulldogs football teams that compiled a combined record of 22–0–1 and have been recognized as national champions for each year. He was the captain of the 1882 and 1883 championship teams. While at Yale, he was also a member of Skull and Bones and Delta Kappa Epsilon Delta Kappa Epsilon (), commonly known as ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo. Bound on the south and north by 110th and 112th streets and on the east and west by Fifth and Sixth (Lenox) avenues, just north of Central Park, it was converted to a baseball stadium when leased by the New York Metropolitans in 1880. The third Polo Grounds, built in 1890, was renovated after a fire in 1911 and became Polo Grounds IV, the one generally indicated when the ''Polo Grounds'' is referenced. It was located in Coogan's Hollow and was noted for its distinctive bathtub shape, with very short distances to the left and right field walls and an unusually deep center field. In baseball, the original Polo Grounds was home to the New York Metropolitans from 1880 through 1885, and the New York Giants from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yale Bulldogs Football Seasons
This is a list of seasons completed by the Yale Bulldogs football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Since the team's inaugural 1872 season, Yale has participated in more than 1,300 officially sanctioned games, holding an all-time record of 917–380–55. The Bulldogs originally competed as a football independent before joining the Ivy League as a founding member in 1956. Seasons See also * List of Ivy League football standings References {{Ivy League football team seasons Yale * Yale Bulldogs football seasons This is a list of seasons completed by the Yale Bulldogs football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Since the team's inaugural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Wisner Bacon
Benjamin Wisner Bacon (January 15, 1860 – February 1, 1932) was an American theologian. He was born in Litchfield, Connecticut and graduated from Yale College in 1881 and Yale Divinity School in 1884. After serving in pastorates at Old Lyme, Connecticut (1884–1889), and at Oswego, New York (1889–1896), he was made an instructor in New Testament Greek at Yale Divinity School and became in 1897 professor of New Testament criticism and exegesis. The degrees D.D., Litt.D., and LL.D. were conferred upon him. Besides contributions to the ''Hibbert Journal ''The Hibbert Journal'' was a large, quarterly magazine in softback book format, issued since 1902 by the Hibbert Trust, best described by its subtitle: ''A Quarterly Review of Religion, Theology and Philosophy''. In the early years it was publish ...'' and to the '' American Journal of Theology'' (of both of which he was chosen as an editor), his writings include: * ''The Genesis of Genesis'' (1891) * ''Triple Tradition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene Lamb Richards
Eugene Lamb Richards Jr. (June 14, 1863 – September 17, 1927) was an American football player, lawyer, and politician. Early life Richards was born on June 14, 1863, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the son of Julia L. (née Bacon) Richards and Eugene Lamb Richards Sr., a Yale professor. While at Yale, he was a halfback on the undefeated 1881, 1882, 1883, and 1884 Yale Bulldogs football teams that have been recognized for winning four consecutive national championships. He was the captain of the 1884 team. He set a Yale record in May 1883 by kicking a football 168 feet. Career Richards later became a lawyer who was actively involved in Tammany Hall Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789 as the Tammany Society. It became the main loc ... politics. He held state offices in New York, including Deputy Attorney Genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyllys Terry
Wyllys Terry (c. 1864 – April 21, 1949) was an American football player and businessman. He holds the record for the longest run from scrimmage in college football history. Athletic career Terry was a back on the undefeated 1882, 1883, and 1884 Yale Bulldogs football teams that compiled a three-year record of 24–1–2 and have been recognized as national champions all three years. On November 5, 1884, in a 46–0 victory over Wesleyan, he set a college football record with the longest run from scrimmage in American football history. ''Life'' magazine in 1946 wrote of the run: The longest run of all time was a 115-yard zigzag streak by Wyllys Terry, halfback on the 1884 Yale team, in one of three games played against Wesleyan that year. A run of that length was made possible by the 110-yard field, the run starting five yards behind the goal line." The ''Guinness Book of Superlatives'' and other sources also register the length of Terry's record run at 115 yards. Other sources d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Twombly
Henry Bancroft "Deac" Twombly (November 10, 1862 – February 28, 1955) was an American college football player and lawyer. He invented quarterback signals. He played quarterback for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University from 1881 to 1883. He helped lead Yale to a 21–0–1 record over three seasons. All three of those Yale teams were later recognized as national champions. Walter Camp played in the same backfield on the 1881 Yale Bulldogs football team. Twombly graduated from Yale in 1884 and from Harvard Law School in 1886. During this legal career, Twombly was a senior partner of Putney, Twombly, Hall & Skidmore located at the City Investing Building in Manhattan. He participated the incorporation of General Electric and the Otis Elevator Company. Twombly died on February 28, 1955, at his home in Summit, New Jersey Summit is a city in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The city is located on a ridge in northern- central New Jersey, within the Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis K , names sometimes translated to English as "Louis"
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Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (other) * Louie (other) * Luis (other) * Louise (other) * Louisville (other) * Louis Cruise Lines * Louis dressing, for salad * Louis Quinze, design style Associated names * * Chlodwig, the origin of the name Ludwig, which is translated to English as "Louis" * Ladislav and László - names sometimes erroneously associated with "Louis" * Ludovic, Ludwig, Ludwick, Ludwik Ludwik () is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Ludwik Czyżewski, Polish WWII general * Ludwik Fleck (1896–1961), Polish medical doctor and biologist * Ludwik Gintel (1899–1973), Polish-Israeli Olympic soccer player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Reading Bertron
Samuel Reading Bertron Jr. (February 26, 1865 – June 30, 1938) was an American banker. Biography Bertron was born on February 26, 1865, in Port Gibson, Mississippi. His father was Philadelphia-born and Princeton University-educated Presbyterian minister, Samuel Reading Bertron Sr. (1806–1878), and his mother was German immigrant, Ottilie Mueler (1830–1903). Rev. S.R. Berton moved to Port Gibson, Mississippi, in 1835, where he preached in a variety of churches and institutions. The senior Bertron had three wives and five children. Rev. Bertron's wives were Caroline Christie (March 25, 1818 – April 13, 1839]), Catherine McRae Crane, widow of Alfred Thomas Barnes (died 1849), and Ottilie Mueler. The first two wives died in childbirth. Bertron Jr. had three sisters and a brother. Rev. Bertron's five children from the three wives were: Mary, Clara, Annie, Francis, and Samuel Jr. The last was the only child of Rev. Bertron and his third wife, whom he married in 1857. Rev. Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harvard–Yale Football Rivalry
The Harvard–Yale football rivalry is renewed annually with The Game, an American college football match between the Harvard Crimson football team of Harvard University and the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University. Though the winner does not take possession of a physical prize, the matchup is usually considered the most important and anticipated game of the year for both teams, regardless of their season records. The Game is scheduled annually as the last contest of the year for both teams; as the Ivy League does not participate in postseason play for football, The Game is the final outing for each team's graduating seniors. Some years, the rivalry carries the additional significance of deciding the Ivy League championship. The weekend of The Game includes more than just the varsity matchup; the respective Yale residential college football teams compete against "sister" Harvard house teams the day before. The Game is third among most-played NCAA Division I football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1883 Harvard Crimson Football Team
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The 1883 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1883 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record, losing its rivalry games against both Princeton and Yale. Randolph M. Appleton was the team captain. Schedule References Harvard Harvard Crimson football seasons Harvard Crimson football The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princeton–Yale Football Rivalry
The Princeton–Yale football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Princeton Tigers of Princeton University and the Yale Bulldogs of Yale University. The football rivalry is among the oldest in American sports. Significance The rivalry is one of the oldest continuous rivalries in American sports, the oldest continuing rivalry in the history of American football, and is constituent to the Big Three academic, athletic and social rivalry among alumni and students associated with Harvard, Yale and Princeton universities. The Kentucky Derby and Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show example American sporting events that are older or have been engaged continuously longer than this contest. Princeton claims 28 collegiate football national championships. Yale claims 27 collegiate national football championship. And the rivalry has been played seriously beyond the gridiron, sometimes for future undergraduate matriculants. Princeton's Undergraduate Dean of Admissions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
