Ode to Pre-War Football Cardboard

[jefferyepayne]

Quite a mystery, guys! I hope you figure it out.

jeff

[revmoran]

George Robert Carter was a lettermen from 1886 who is not listed as being in the 1886 picture. He is listed in the 1887 picture standing next to Corbin - he might be our man. A Major in WW I he was later Governor of Hawaii

[cfhofer]

Rev,

I think Carter is labeled as "Reynolds" in the 1886 photo you posted (from Cohane's book). In my altered photo I think Carter is sitting down in front of Corbin. Both team photos were taken the same day.

[revmoran]

Camp's Yale Her Campus, Classrooms and Athletics also lists an S. B. Morison '90 as a Y man in football in 1886. Yale Football Y Men also identifies a letterman named George Grant Mason - don't know who Monson is in Cohane's photo - neither the Camp book nor the Yale Football Y Men have that name. Maybe our mystery man is Morison or Mason.

[cfhofer]

Rev,

You could be on to something. I don't have individual photos of either those guys to compare. I have a yearbook with the 1890 football team, which has the Morison brothers. SB has a mustache in it though. I'll try to post a scan of it later today.

[cfhofer]

Hey Guys,

Picked up a fantastic 1889 Yale Pach Bros album from a member of this forum (thanks Mike). These photos are from the Sheffield Scientific School and are a great compliment to the Yale College album.

William Charles Wurtenburg '89S (quarterback photo and senior portrait)



Charles Otis Gill '89 and Frederick William Wallace '89


Amos Alonzo Stagg '88


Cheers

Mark

[cfhofer]

For those who collect 1894 Mayo Football Cards and/or interested in the Yale Skull & Bones, you may get a kick out of an item from our Hinkey Archive recently posted on www.frankhinkey.com. Check it out!

Below is a direct link to our Vault page.

Cheers

Mark
https://www.frankhinkey.com/The-Vault.php