1890s Yale football

[Scott Garner]

Mark,
Congrats on your impressive early Yale football collection.
That really is eye candy!

[cfhofer]

Thanks guys. The artwork on the 'Yale-Princeton' board game is fantastic. Doesn't look like a game my 7 year old son would want to play though, unless they come out with an updated Ipad version.

Cheers

Mark

[cfhofer]

Just picked up this 1892 Yale football team photo. These Pach Bros team photos are my favorite.

[vthobby]

Here is a Walter Badger original autograph. I own it. If interested, please let me know.

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From the internet:

"To handle the newly defined chores of the quarterback position, Walter Camp selected his old roommate, Walter I. Badger, ’82. Badger and Camp worked on a variety of ways to set up scoring opportunities; primarily involving passes and hand-offs, enabling the halfbacks and fullbacks to try for goals from the field or the less desirable touchdowns, which only resulted in “tries-for-goal” from a location chosen by the kicker."

[cfhofer]

1891 Yale football photograph

[Jay Wolt]

Just noticed this thread, what a treat
Such awesome memorabilia, thanks for posting 'em

[cfhofer]

The 1891 Yale team featured 3x All-American William "Pudge" Walter Heffelfinger at guard (back row, far right in photo above). In 1892 he became the first recognized professional football player for the Allegheny Athletic Association. Below is a handwritten signed letter.