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Theron Lyman
Theron Lyman (September 7, 1869 – September 21, 1939) was an American college football player and coach. He was also the chief examiners of claims of the Travelers Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut. Early years Theron Upson Lyman was born September 7, 1869, in Alden, Iowa. His father C. N. Lyman was a long-time reverend of Onawa. It is said Theron spent time at Yale University. Playing career Grinnell Lyman played for Iowa College (later named Grinnell College), in Grinnell, Iowa from 1888 to 1891. 1891 He was the coach of the team as well in 1891, in addition to coaching Nebraska. One account reads "Iowa had an eleven and had a coach, and wanted to play the upstarts from across the Missouri River...So, with a magnanimity seldom equaled in the game's history, Iowa lent its coach, T. U. Lyman, to tutor the Nebraskans." Wisconsin Lyman was a prominent quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers football team. He was captain every year he played. 1893 Parke H. Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alden, Iowa
Alden is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. The population was 763 at the 2020 census. History Alden was laid out in 1855. It was named for its founder, Henry Alden, a native of Massachusetts. The town was incorporated February 11, 1879. Geography Alden's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 42.516867, -93.375809. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 787 people, 338 households, and 214 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 368 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.5% White, 0.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population. There were 338 households, of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were married couples li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parke H
Parke may refer to: People * Benjamin Parke, 19th-century lawyer, soldier and politician in Indiana * Evan Parke, Jamaican actor * Henry Parke (1790–1835), English architect * Hervey Parke, Parke-Davis partner * James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale, British barrister and judge * John Parke (other), multiple people * Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822), English composer * Walter Parke (1891–1914), English cricketer and British Army officer * William Parke (director) (1873–1941), American film director * William Thomas Parke (1761–1847), English oboist Places * Parke County, Indiana * Parke Township, Clay County, Minnesota * Parke, Bovey Tracey, an historic estate in Devon Sport * Parke-Keelogues-Crimlin, also known as Parke GAA, Gaelic football club in County Mayo, Ireland See also * Park (other) A park is an area of land with a recreational or other specific purpose. Park or Parks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Park (Reading w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Coaches
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state. Indigenous peoples, including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux) tribes, lived in the region for thousands of years before European exploration. The state is crossed by many historic trails, including that of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Nebraska's area is just over with a population of over 1.9 million. Its capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River. Nebraska was admitted into the United States in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War. The Nebraska Legislature is unlike any other American legislature in that it is unicameral, and its members are elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grinnell Pioneers Football Coaches
Grinnell may refer to: Places ;United States * Grinnell, Iowa ** Grinnell College, a liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa * Grinnell, Kansas * Grinnell Glacier, a glacier in Montana * Grinnell Lake, a lake in Montana * Mount Grinnell, a peak in Montana ;Canada * Grinnell Land, a section of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut * Grinnell Peninsula, a peninsula on Devon Island in Nunavut * Cape Grinnell, a cape on Devon Island in Nunavut at Griffin Inlet Other uses *Grinnell (surname) *Grinnell Mutual, an Iowa, US-based reinsurance company *Grinnell, Minturn & Co, a 19th-century American shipping company *Grinnell (automobile), an electric car made in Detroit, Michigan between 1910 and 1913. *Grinnell fish, otherwise known as a Bowfin *Grinnell Mechanical Products and SimplexGrinnell, subsidiaries of Tyco International See also * Greenhill (other) Greenhill may refer to: People * Greenhill (surname) Places ;In the UK * Greenhill, Camden, London, England * Greenhill, Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grinnell Pioneers Football Players
Grinnell may refer to: Places ;United States * Grinnell, Iowa ** Grinnell College, a liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa * Grinnell, Kansas * Grinnell Glacier, a glacier in Montana * Grinnell Lake, a lake in Montana * Mount Grinnell, a peak in Montana ;Canada * Grinnell Land, a section of Ellesmere Island in Nunavut * Grinnell Peninsula, a peninsula on Devon Island in Nunavut * Cape Grinnell, a cape on Devon Island in Nunavut at Griffin Inlet Other uses *Grinnell (surname) *Grinnell Mutual, an Iowa, US-based reinsurance company *Grinnell, Minturn & Co, a 19th-century American shipping company *Grinnell (automobile), an electric car made in Detroit, Michigan between 1910 and 1913. *Grinnell fish, otherwise known as a Bowfin *Grinnell Mechanical Products and SimplexGrinnell, subsidiaries of Tyco International See also * Greenhill (other) Greenhill may refer to: People * Greenhill (surname) Places ;In the UK * Greenhill, Camden, London, England * Greenhill, Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football Quarterbacks
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century Players Of American Football
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the large S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1939 Deaths
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydney, in Australia, records temperature of 45 ˚C, the highest record for the city. *** Philipp Etter took over as Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1869 Births
Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton is the first woman to testify before the United States Congress. * January 21 – The P.E.O. Sisterhood, a philanthropic educational organization for women, is founded at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. * January 27 – The Republic of Ezo is proclaimed on the northern Japanese island of Ezo (which will be renamed Hokkaidō on September 20) by remaining adherents to the Tokugawa shogunate. * February 5 – Prospectors in Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, discover the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the "Welcome Stranger". * February 20 – Ranavalona II, the Merina Queen of Madagascar, is baptized. * February 25 – The Iron and Steel Institute is formed in Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota–Wisconsin Football Rivalry
The Minnesota–Wisconsin football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Wisconsin Badgers. It is the most-played rivalry in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, with 132 meetings between the two teams. The winner of the game receives Paul Bunyan's Axe, a tradition that started in 1948 after the first trophy, the Slab of Bacon, disappeared after the 1943 game when the Badgers were supposed to turn it over to the Golden Gophers. Minnesota and Wisconsin first played in 1890 and have met every year since, except for 1906. The series is tied 62–62–8 through 2022. Wisconsin took the series lead for the first time after defeating Minnesota 31–0 in the 2017 game; Minnesota had led the overall series since 1902, at times by as many as 20 games. The rivalry game is sometimes known as the ''Border Battle''. History The rivalry was first played in 1890 on Minnesota's campus, in Minneapolis, resulting in a 63–0 Minnesot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1891 Iowa Hawkeyes Football Team
The 1891 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa during the 1891 college football season. It ended in controversy. Following victories over and Nebraska, and losses to Minnesota and Iowa College, the Hawkeyes were 2–2 heading into their final game against Kansas in Kansas City, Missouri. Following an argument where Kansas argued that Iowa had not put the ball into play fairly, the Jayhawks left the field claiming a 14–12 victory. However, the game was not called until after the next play, when Iowa scored an uncontested touchdown.Lamb, D and McGrane, B, p. 5. Today, Iowa lists the game as an 18–14 Hawkeye victory. Earlier in the year, two firsts were established in Hawkeye football history. On November 2, the Hawkeyes played rival Minnesota for the first of many times in school history. Later, on November 26, the Hawkeyes played their first game outside the state of Iowa in a win against Nebraska. The game was played in Omaha, Nebraska. Sche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nebraska Cornhuskers Football
The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the West Division of the Big Ten. Nebraska plays its home games at Memorial Stadium, where it has sold out every game since 1962. Nebraska is among the most storied programs in college football history and has the eighth-most all-time victories among FBS teams. Nebraska claims forty-six conference championships and five national championships ( 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997), and has won six other national championships the school does not claim. NU's 1971 and 1995 title-winning teams are considered among the best in college football history. Famous Cornhuskers include Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier, and Eric Crouch, who join twenty-two other Cornhuskers in the College Football Hall of Fame. Notable among these are players Bob Brown, Guy Chamberlin, Tommie Frazier, Rich Glover, Dave Rimington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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