Ode to Pre-War Football Cardboard

[cfhofer]

Thanks Mike. I believe your photo is 1887 too, since Beecher was the captain that year. Interesting to note that Stagg was not a starter for that team.

[jefferyepayne]

GREAT Yale photos, guys! Here's their team from 1882. Have never seen a caption for this photo so haven't been able to identify them all. Anyone have one?



jeff

[revmoran]

Jeff, you probably have the Cohane book on Yale football - which has 1881 and 1883 - if not I'll post those photos and maybe you can pick out your players from 1882

[spec]

Originally Posted by revmoran

Jeff, you probably have the Cohane book on Yale football - which has 1881 and 1883 - if not I'll post those photos and maybe you can pick out your players from 1882

Could you post a copy of the 1881 team photo with IDs? I have a Pach Bros. photo with the central player holding a ball inscribed Champions of 1881 I'd like to know more about. Thanks.
B.ob Ri.char.dson

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by revmoran

Jeff, you probably have the Cohane book on Yale football

I don't but sounds like one I need to pick up. Thanks Mike.

jeff

[revmoran]

Two pages from Cohane book The Yale Football Story

[jefferyepayne]

Can't see the pages you posted, Mike. They aren't showing up for me.

jeff

[revmoran]

This is weird, nothing I posted yesterday is showing up for others, but I see the pictures just fine - here are links to the images

https://storage.googleapis.com/mjmsports/Cohane%201.jpg

https://storage.googleapis.com/mjmsports/Cohane%202.jpg

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by jefferyepayne

GREAT Yale photos, guys! Here's their team from 1882. Have never seen a caption for this photo so haven't been able to identify them all. Anyone have one?



jeff

Took a shot at identifying the players in this photo based upon Mike's images he posted. Here is my first cut. Corrections / additional / comments appreciated.

Back Row: ????, Benjamin Bacon, Louis Hull, Knapp, Ray Thompkins, ???, WH Peters, ????
Front Row: Badger, ????, Richards, Henry Twombly, ????

People in the 1881 or 1883 photos that potentially could be in this picture but I can't place them:
Farwell, Storrs, Beck, Lamb, Bertron, McCrary, Terry, Robinson, Hyndman, Cowles

jeff

[obiwin]

The only one I might question is your guess on Hull.

(My understanding is you believe Hull to be in the dark shirt with his right arm around Bacon.)

Hull's face seems rounder to me in the 1881 and 1883 photos than your 1882 photo. Outside of that, it does sort of look like him though.

[orly57]

Here are mine:

[orly57]

Beecher

[orly57]

Beecher

[jefferyepayne]

Originally Posted by obiwin

The only one I might question is your guess on Hull.

(My understanding is you believe Hull to be in the dark shirt with his right arm around Bacon.)

Hull's face seems rounder to me in the 1881 and 1883 photos than your 1882 photo. Outside of that, it does sort of look like him though.

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, I see what you mean. I'm not very good at matching faces on pictures so can't really tell.

jeff

[TanksAndSpartans]

Nice cards! I'd like to see the Hinkey and Nagurski next to each other. Made me think of a type collection where the one card of each type was the "best player" in the set - completely subjective and you'd probably want a rule like no duplicating players, but it would be interesting to see what people came up with.

[jefferyepayne]

Imperial sized cabinet photos of the 1929 and 1930 World Champion Green Bay Packers. These two team photos are stacked with HOFers and All-Pros ... Lambeau, Blood, Dilweg, Michalske, Hubbard, Lewellen, Herber. Lambeau even played in a game in 1929 so he's listed as a player/coach!





jeff