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1908 Howard Crimson And Blue Football Team
The 1908 Howard Crimson and Blue football team was an American football team that represented Howard College (now known as the Samford University) during the 1908 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. The team compiled an 2–4 record, with John Counselman going 0–2 through the first two games and Winton M. Blount going 2–2 for the final four games of the season. Schedule References Howard Howard is an English-language given name originating from Old French Huard (or Houard) from a Germanic source similar to Old High German ''*Hugihard'' "heart-brave", or ''*Hoh-ward'', literally "high defender; chief guardian". It is also probabl ... Samford Bulldogs football seasons Howard Crimson and Blue football {{collegefootball-1908-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Counselman
John Sanders Counselman (February 18, 1880 – March 29, 1955) was an American college football player and coach, professor of mathematics, and civil engineer. He played for Virginia Tech with Hunter Carpenter. He also attended the University of Michigan. Counselman coached Cumberland in 1905, and for Samford (then Howard) from 1906 to 1908, finishing after just the first two games of the latter season. He is the first coach in Samford history. Counselman was selected as a substitute for the '' Washington Post'''s All-Southern team. Counselman was a professor at the College of William & Mary and Georgia Tech. He also taught in high schools in Birmingham, Alabama and Gadsden, Alabama Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located on the Coosa River about northeast of Birmingham and southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan ... and was the superintendent of schools for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |