Livingston Cushing played football at Harvard from 1876-1879. He was captain of the 1877 and 1878 teams. I like this image because it shows Harvard’s first uniform style. This would have been one of the earliest uniforms during the transition from Association to Rugby style football.
This is one of the largest images in my collection. It’s around two feet wide just on the photo alone. This is an early 1890s Colorado School of Mines Orediggers football team image. This school was the dominant football team in Colorado during the 19th century. In 1890 they beat the University of Colorado 105-0. This is one of the only football team images I have where they are not posed with a football.
O.D. Thompson was an early Yale athlete who alongside Walter Camp saw the transition of football from Association to Rugby. He played on the 75-78 teams. He was a part of the first forward pass and had a knack for scoring in the big games. After graduation he continued playing football for many years at the club level. He was the manager who wrote the check for the first pro football player Pudge Heffelfinger for the Allegheny Athletic Club.
