George Walbridge was the captain of the 1896 Lafayette college football team that went 11-0-1. They were retroactively named Co-National Champions that year with the team they tied Princeton. On a train to Philadelphia to play UPenn Walbridge had his appendix burst and was rushed into surgery where he almost died. His teammates ended up upsetting UPenn 6-4 and visited his hospital room to celebrate and support him. He ended up missing the rest of the season.
In 1898 he served in the Spanish-American war. The following year he ended up entering Cornell where he continued his football career as a star halfback. After graduation Walbridge started what became one of the largest construction companies in the United States.
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