1898 Springfield College Football Team

Item Information

Title:
1898 Springfield College Football Team
Description:
A photograph of the 1898 football team at Springfield College. The members of the team includes [in no order] Robert Ross (class of 1898), Elmer Berry (class of 1902), James McCurdy (Head Coach), Charles Boardman (class of 1899), Chas Dodge (class of 1898), Wilfred Chapin (class of 1898), Joseph Goodhue (class of 1898), George Dodge (class of 1898), Albert Davis (class of 1898), Alanson Fish (class of 1898), Carlos Clapp (class of 1898), and Thomas Browne (class of 1898). The team finished the season with a disappointing record of 0 wins and 2 losses.
Date:
1898
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Series:
Springfield College Football Team Papers
Subjects:
International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Springfield College
Springfield College--Football
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Sports--Men
McCurdy, J. H. (James Huff), 1866-1940
Ross, Robert S.
Berry, Elmer E.
Boardman, Charles A.
Dodge, Charles E.
Chapin, Wilfred H.
Goodhue, Joseph A.
Dodge, George E.
Davis, Albert B.
Fish, Alanson L.
Clapp, Carlos D.
Browne, Thomas J.
Football
Group portraits
Football players
Footballs
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/6607
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Notes:
In 1890, Amos Alonzo Stagg, a Yale all-American and major league baseball pitching prospect, came to Springfield College (then known as the YMCA Training School) and started the college’s first football team. A grad student in a one-year program to become a YMCA Physical Director, he served as Coach, Manager, Captain, and Player on this original team often called “Stagg’s Eleven” or “The Stubby Christians.” The team finished the first season with a record of 5 wins and 3 losses, playing Yale strongly in the first indoor football game ever played in Madison Square Garden. Among other greats to coach the football team was James Huff McCurdy. McCurdy came to Springfield in 1895 and headed the team till 1917. He is largely responsible for helping to grow the Springfield College football team’s reputation and starting a long tradition of being feared by other colleges, in addition to his innovative work in exercise physiology. Later, Oscar “Ossie” Solem, famous Syracuse University coach, coached the team from 1946-1957.
Identifier:
SC22899