c. 1896 Denver Athletic Club panoramic team photo

This is the earliest panoramic photo I have seen of a football team.  The photographer signature looks like Rose from Denver with an 1896 date.  I was able to photo match some players with those from the Denver Athletic Club.

1890 Dartmouth University Baseball team photo with Edward K. Hall

 Edward Hall was the captain of the 1891 Dartmouth football team.  He went on to coach at the University of Illinois both football and baseball from 1892-94.  When President Roosevelt demanded changes to the game of football in 1906 the NCAA was formed.  Hall helped develop changes to the rules such as the forward pass which made the game safer and more interesting.  He also replaced Walter Camp in 1906 as the Secretary of the Rules Committee.  He was inducted into the College HOF in the 1951 inaugural class.

1886 Harvard University Football Imperial Cabinet Photo

 Here is a Pach Bros image of the 1886 Harvard football team.  Harvard had struggled out of the gate in the early 1880s.  In 1885 the Harvard administration shut down the team from playing that season due to the violence of the sport.  The team came back with a vengeance in 1886 with a record of 12-2 with its only losses against the powerhouses of Yale and Princeton.