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1916 All-Western Conference Football Team
The 1916 All-Western Conference football team consists of American football players selected to the all-conference team for the Western Conference, later known as the Big Ten Conference, as chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season. All-Western Conference selections Ends * Bert Baston, Minnesota (WE-1; AX-1; IV-1; ECP-1) * Paul Meyers, Wisconsin (WE-1) * Charles Bolen, Ohio (AX-1; ECP-2) * Reynold Kraft, Illinois (WE-2; IV-1) * Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (WE-2; ECP-2) Tackles * Jackson, Chicago (WE-1) * Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (WE-1; ECP-2) * George Hauser, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1) * Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1) * Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2) * Elmer T. Rundquist, Illinois (WE-2) * Reding Putnam, Northwestern (WE-2) Guards * Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (WE-1; IV-1; ECP-2) * Leonard L. Charpier, Illinois (WE-1) * M. J. Proud, Purdue (AX-1) * Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (AX-1; ECP-1) * Eldon J. Smith, Northwestern (IV-1) * Charles Higgin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with possession of the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with the ball or passing it, while the defense, the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs or plays; if they fail, they turn over the football to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the drive. Points are scored primarily by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins. American football evolved in the United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chic Harley
Charles Wesley "Chic" Harley (September 15, 1895 – April 21, 1974) was an American football player and athlete, often credited with bringing Ohio State University's football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consensus first-team All-America selection and first three-time All-America selection. In 1951, he became a charter inductee in the College Football Hall of Fame. In 1941, James Thurber described Harley's running skills for the New York City newspaper, '' PM'', "If you never saw him run with a football, I can't describe it to you. It wasn't like Red Grange or Tom Harmon or anybody else. It was kind of a cross between music and cannon fire, and it brought your heart up under your ears." Early years Charles Harley was born in Chicago, Illinois, hence the source of the nickname Chic, but his family moved to Columbus, Ohio when he was 12 years old. There Harley attended East High School. The family was to return to Chicago just before Harley's sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 All-Western College Football Team
The 1916 All-Western college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Western teams chosen by various selectors for the 1916 college football season. All-Western selections Ends * Bert Baston, Minnesota (ECP-1) (CFHOF) * Chic Harley, Ohio State (ECP-1) (CFHOF) * Frederick I. Norman, Northwestern (ECP-2) * Charles Bolen, Ohio State (ECP-2) Tackles * George Hauser, Minnesota (ECP-1) * Fred Becker, Iowa (ECP-1) * Manley R. Petty, Illinois (ECP-2) * Frank A. R. Mayer, Minnesota (ECP-2) Guards * Charles Higgins, Chicago (ECP-1) * Gilbert S. Sinclair, Minnesota (ECP-1) * Conrad L. Eklund, Minnesota (ECP-2) * Charlie Bachman, Notre Dame (ECP-2) (CFHOF) Centers * John L. Townley, Jr., Minnesota (ECP-1) * Walter Niemann, Michigan (ECP-2) Quarterbacks * Bart Macomber, Illinois (ECP-1) (CFHOF) * Claire Long, Minnesota (ECP-2) Halfbacks * Paddy Driscoll, Northwestern (ECP-1) (CFHOF/PFHOF) * John Maulbetsch, Michigan (ECP-1) (CFHOF) * Hal Hansen, Minne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916 College Football All-America Team
The 1916 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans for the 1916 college football season. The only selectors for the 1916 season who have been recognized as "official" by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are Walter Camp, whose selections were published in ''Collier's Weekly'', the International News Service (INS), a newswire founded by William Randolph Hearst, and the Frank Menke Syndicate. Although not recognized by the NCAA, many other sports writers, newspapers, and coaches selected All-America teams in 1916. They include the United Press, Walter Eckersall (for the ''Chicago Daily Tribune''), Paul Purman, Fielding H. Yost, and ''The Boston Post''. All-Americans of 1916 Ends * Bert Baston, Minnesota (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; UP-1; INS-1; WE-1; PP-1; FY-1; BP-1; MS) *James P. Herron, Pittsburgh (WC-2; INS-2; WE-1; MS) *Charles Comerford, Yale (INS-1; BP-1) *George Moseley, Yale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collier's Weekly
''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Collier's: The National Weekly'' and eventually to simply ''Collier's''. The magazine ceased publication with the issue dated the week ending January 4, 1957, although a brief, failed attempt was made to revive the Collier's name with a new magazine in 2012. As a result of Peter Collier's pioneering investigative journalism, ''Collier's'' established a reputation as a proponent of social reform. After lawsuits by several companies against ''Collier's'' ended in failure, other magazines joined in what Theodore Roosevelt described as "muckraking journalism." Sponsored by Nathan S. Collier (a descendant of Peter Collier), the Collier Prize for State Government Accountability was created in 2019. The annual US$25,000 prize is one of the larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television are named), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region. It had the sixth-highest circulation for American newspapers in 2017. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century under Medill's grandson, Robert R. McCormick, it achieved a reputation as a crusading paper with a decidedly more American-conservative anti-New Deal outlook, and its writing reached other markets through family and corporate relationships at the ''New York Daily News'' and the ''Washington Times-Herald.'' The 1960s saw its corporate parent owner, Tribune Company, rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Eckersall
Walter Herbert "Eckie" Eckersall (June 17, 1883 – March 24, 1930) was an American college football player, official, and sportswriter for the ''Chicago Tribune''. He played for the Maroons of the University of Chicago, and was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951. Eckersall was selected as the quarterback for Walter Camp's "All-Time All-America Team" honoring the greatest college football players during the sport's formative years. He was selected to Camp's All-American teams in 1904, 1905, and 1906. Early life Walter Eckersall was born in Chicago on June 17, 1883. He grew up in its Woodlawn neighborhood just south of the University of Chicago. His talent emerged at Hyde Park High School, where he dashed in 10.0 seconds, an Illinois record for 25 years, and excelled on the football field. In 1903, he quarterbacked Hyde Park to an undefeated season and then led the squad to a 105–0 trouncing of Brooklyn Polytechnic at Marshall Field on December 5 to claim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Koehler
Robert Adam Charles Koehler (April 7, 1894 – July 1, 1949) was an American football player who played fullback for seven seasons for the Decatur Staleys and the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ... (NFL). References External links Bob Koehler Bio (Staley Museum) 1894 births 1949 deaths American football fullbacks Chicago Cardinals players Decatur Staleys players Northwestern Wildcats football players Players of American football from Chicago {{runningback-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudge Wyman
Arnold Douglas "Pudge" Wyman (August 20, 1895 – March 4, 1961) was an American football player. He was an All-American fullback for the University of Minnesota from 1915–1916 and halfback for the Rock Island Independents in the first season of the National Football League in 1920. He is credited with several NFL firsts, including the first touchdown, first kickoff return for a touchdown and first passing touchdown. Biography Early years Wyman was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1895 and graduated from Johnson High School in St. Paul, Minnesota. University of Minnesota Wyman enrolled at the University of Minnesota where he played in the backfield of the legendary Golden Gophers football teams of 1915 and 1916 coached by Dr. Henry L. Williams. Wyman was tall, weighed , and was one of the best passers in the game. From 1915–1916, Wyman and Minnesota end Bert Baston were "one of the greatest forward-passing combinations in the history of the gridiron." In Baston's bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Cofall
Stanley Bingham Cofall (May 5, 1894 – September 21, 1961) was an American football player and coach. Early life Cofall was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Fred and Ida Bingham Cofall. In 1910 he played football at East Technical High School. He then moved to East High School where he became all-scholastic in football and ice hockey. Notre Dame Cofall attended the University of Notre Dame where he played halfback. Cofall was prohibited from playing on the varsity team during the 1913 season due to the new freshmen eligibility rules, so he played in the University's own residence hall intramural system, known colloquially as "interhall", and was selected for the All-Interhall team as a left halfback from Sorin Hall. In 1914, Cofall's first year with the Irish varsity team, he scored 9 touchdowns, and led the team with 82 points. The following year, Cofall scored 9 touchdowns and again led the team with 71 points. After scoring 12 touchdowns and 84 points in 1916, he was named to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Hansen
Harlan C. Hansen (September 3, 1892 – September 8, 1977) was an American football player who played with the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Prior to playing professionally, Hansen played college football at the University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Hal 1892 births 1977 deaths American football ends American football fullbacks American football halfbacks Green Bay Packers players Minnesota Golden Gophers football players People from Cass County, Iowa Players of American football from Minneapolis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eber Simpson
Eber Edward Simpson (July 24, 1895 – December 19, 1964) was an American football, basketball and baseball player, football coach, and physician. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he starred in football, basketball, and baseball. He also played college football at Washington University in St. Louis, from which he earned a medical degree. Simpson played football professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis All-Stars in 1923. He practiced medicine in St. Louis for 35 years before retiring in 1955. Biography Simpson was born on July 24, 1895, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. In 1919, he was appointed assistant football coach at Washington University in St. Louis under head football coach R. B. Rutherford. He coached football at East St. Louis Senior High School in East St. Louis, Illinois East St. Louis is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is directly across the Mississippi River from Downtown St. Louis, Missouri and the Gateway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
