Springfield College Football Team (1909)
Item Information
- Title:
- Springfield College Football Team (1909)
- Description:
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This image shows the International YMCA Training School’s (now known as Springfield College) 1909 football team. Members of the team are [back row, L to R] Isaiah H. Farnham (team manager; class of 1910), James Huff McCurdy (professor and team coach; class of 1890), Walter A. Smethurst (team assistant manager) (class of 1912), [2nd row, L to R] Ernest F. Moller (class of 1910), William S. Yeager (class of 1910), Ferdinand J. Courleux (class of 1911), Seymour W. Collings (class of 1912), Louis C. Schroeder (class of 1912), Herbert Gregory (class of 1912), [3rd row, L to R] Cuvier A. Metzler (class of 1912), Frank J. Winters (class of 1910), Joseph H. McCullough (team captain; class of 1910), Robert J. Delahanty (class of 1911), Royal F. Martin (class of 1911), [4th row, on floor, L to R] Emil A. Hulek (class of 1911), and Jess T. Hopkins (class of 1910). The emblem on the team sweaters was as the official school emblem until 1912, when the school became the International YMCA College. Dr. James Huff McCurdy contributed to the field of physical education in many ways, including his studies on the relationship between heart rate, blood pressure, and motor tasks in adolescent boys. In 1924, he published one of the first texts for Exercise Physiology. In 1918, James H. McCurdy realized the need “for an extensive programme of sports and recreation in the immediate postwar period that would bridge the gap and ease the transition between military service and civilian life.” The result was the Inter-Allied Games, the biggest international sports event that had ever been held at that time. Attended by 25,000 people, the Games were a huge success. Dr. McCurdy was the Director of the Division of Athletes, Hygiene and Health for the American YMCA among American troops in France. The 1909 record was 5-1.
- Creator:
- W. H. Drew, Stereopticons
- Date:
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1909
- Format:
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Photographs
- Location:
- Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
- Collection (local):
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College Archives Digital Collections
- Series:
- Lantern Slide Collection
- Subjects:
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International Young Men's Christian Association Training School (Springfield, Mass.)
Springfield College
Springfield College--Sports
Springfield College--Football
Springfield College--Sports--Men
McCurdy, J. H. (James Huff), 1866-1940
Farnham, Isaiah H.
Smethurst, Walter A.
Moller, Ernest F.
Yeager, W. Stanton
McCulloch, Joseph H.
Winters, Frank J.
Delahanty, Robert J.
Martin, Royal F.
Hulek, Emil A.
Schroeder, Louis C.
Hopkins, Jess T.
Courleux, Ferdinand J.
Collings, Seymour W.
Gregory, Herbert
Lantern slides
Group portraits
Football
Athletes
Coaches
- Places:
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Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
- Extent:
- 3x4 in
- Link to Item:
- http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/3267
- Terms of Use:
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- Publisher:
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Springfield College
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Slide is cracked and chipped; this image was first published in the 1910 Massasoit (p 143).
- Identifier:
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LS_09_62