Beautiful early photo of the 1886 University of California football team. They went 6-2-1 mainly playing athletic clubs available in the area. During this time most of the West Coast schools did not have football teams and most of the action was on the east coast.
John Heisman is pictured in his University of Pennsylvania sweater where he played from 1889-91. He went on to a long HOF coaching career for many colleges including a 1917 Georgia Tech national championship. The Heisman trophy given out to the top college football player is named after him.
Here is a team photo of the 1887 Philips Academy football squad. Future Yale player and early Stanford coach C.D. Bliss is pictured here.
