C.1890-1900 Alfred Foretay 15’’ bronze spelter football sculpture

 C.1890-1900 Alfred Foretay 15’’ bronze spelter football sculpture.  This was the prototype for the Walter Camp Award trophy given to the collegiate American football player of the year.

1894 UPenn National Champions photo

 The 1894 University of Pennsylvania football squad went 12-0 and were retroactively named co national champions.  This was one of the first years a team not named Yale, Harvard, or Princeton could put a claim to that title.  

Early 1880s football silver gelatin photo

 Here is a large silver gelatin image of a high school football team in the early 1880s.  Digital commonwealth has the same photo listed as the 1881 Lawrence high school football team but I’m not too sure that is correct.  

Early Northwestern Football Celluloid Pin

 This is the earliest football related celluloid pin I have ever come across.  It is an older style football uniform that Northwestern University had pre 1890.  I included a yearbook image of the 1890 team with similar uniforms.  The patent on the back is 1898 so maybe it was made as a 10 year anniversary of the team? 

Howard and Tad Jones Early 1900s Exeter football photos

 Here are two amazingly clear Exeter cabinet photos of Tad and Howard Jones.  Both brothers went on to play for successful Yale teams of the early 1900s.  Following their playing careers they both were successful national championship winning coaches.  Tad spent the majority of his coaching career at Yale while his older brother Howard won four National championships coaching USC.  They were the first brothers inducted into the college HOF.

c.1894 Michigan Football photo

1894 Michigan Football Photo with Gilmore D. Price, Giovanni Villa.

1890s Football Player Original Artwork

 Here is an interesting drawing of an 1890s football player in uniform.  This was done on a cabinet photo and shows signs that it was framed for many years.