Here is a great image with the father of football Walter Camp. I have always liked this studio backdrop and the boater hats.
MAC eventually would become UMass. Here is a beautiful cabinet card of the 1892 MAC football team.
Here is a spectacular imperial cabinet of a player from the 1893 Tufts football team. This image shows the brutality of the game during this time with his heavily bandaged face.
Here is a beautiful and extremely clear cabinet photo of Yale star Frank Hinkey. He is one of the best football players of the 19th century and one of only a handful of 4 time All Americans. He played for Yale from 1891 to 1894 and during that stretch Yale won 3 national championships and only lost one hard fought game in 1893 against Princeton. It was during this championship game against Princeton in which Hinkey tore his ear tackling James Blake. Likely concussed and bandaged up he went on the continue playing in this game. You can see the blood stained vest from the game in this photo.
This is a beautiful image of the 1900 North Carolina A&T formally A&M football team. It is one of the earliest HBCU football team images I have come into contact with. This image predates the earliest record of having a team which is 1901. A truly historic early Southern football team image.
The 1893 team went 5-3 and were champions of the Triangular Football League. Edwin E. Jones was the captain of the squad. Other notables included George Huff who was on the first University of Illinois football squad and was later the head coach.
