Walter Irving Badger (January 15, 1859 – March 17, 1926) was an

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player and lawyer. Badger was the

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on the undefeated

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and

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s that have been recognized for winning three consecutive national championships. He was the quarterback in the same backfield with

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. He was also captain of the Yale baseball team. Badger later became a Boston lawyer who was involved in many notable suits, including representation of Thomas Lawson, accused of

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, and Boston Gas Co. in 120 suits arising out of an 1897 gas explosion that killed nine persons.

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