Friday, March 20, 2026

1900 Nebraska Football Team Celluloid Pin

 This is an example of a beautiful 1900 celluloid pin of the Nebraska football team.  Celluloid pins started to become popular around the turn of the century.  Nebraska went 6-1-1 in a successful season.  This is the first year they became known as the Cornhuskers.



Thursday, March 12, 2026

1896 Yale football Imperial Team Photo

 Here is a beautiful imperial photo of the 1896 Yale football team.  They went 13-1 this year with their only loss to Princeton.  Notable players include captain Fred T. Murphy, Burr Chamberlain, Louis Hinkey, Clarence Fincke, Lyman Bass, and Charles Chadwick.  Original team photos like this are hard to find in the late 1890s because they are primarily in the photo yearbooks.







Tuesday, March 10, 2026

1906 University of Georgia football players with Harold “War Eagle” Ketron

 Here is an interesting photo of the 1906 Georgia football team.  In the middle is the head coach George S Whitney.  In the “G” sweater is the captain Dan Sage.  Second to the right is Harold “War Eagle” Ketron who was an early star for Georgia.  He was known to spit chewing tobacco in his opponents eyes on occasion before making a tackle.



Saturday, March 7, 2026

1886 Princeton Football Captain Henry Savage



 Here is a nice Pach cabinet of Henry Savage in his football uniform most likely from 1885 and his grad photo in 1886.  Savage helped Princeton beat Yale in 1885 to an undefeated record.  The next year in 1886 he captained the team to another successful season.


Tuesday, March 3, 2026

1893 Cambridge Manual Training School

 Here is an 1893 photo of Cambridge Manual Training School.  CMTS was a vocational high school next to Harvard.  This is a very early integrated football team image. 








Monday, February 23, 2026

1884 Hopkinson Football Team

 Here is a very clear oversized imperial of the 1884 Hopkinson football team.  Hopkinson was a feeder school for Harvard.  






Sunday, February 22, 2026

1900 Texas football player D.A. Mcdaniel as 1903 Arkansas football coach

 Here is an early image of University of Texas football player D.A. McDaniel.  McDaniel coached the University of Arkansas team in 1903.