This day should be a mini MGoBlog holiday.
Jeez it seems like we were just celebrating the 125th year! Time flies...
still look like a bunch you wouldn't want to mess with.
...in the picture.
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Back Row |
Jack A. Green, William W. Hannan, David DeTar, Charles A. Mitchell, Frank Reed, Albert S. Pettit |
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2nd Row |
Irving K. Pond, Tom R. Edwards, John Chase, Charlie H. Campbell |
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Front row |
Collins H. Johnston, Richard Guy DePuy, Edmund Barmore |
Anybody wondering why they played a game in the middle of summer?
Things were a lot more informal back then. Teams probably just played whenever both were free.
Awesome find, hopefully this year is one to remember for a lot of positive reasons.
A special kind of holiday before memorial day. What exactly does a score of 1-0 mean, though? Is that the equivalent of a field goal to nothing, or a touchdown?
A touchdown.
...full roster, per the Bentley's Football Rosters page. The roster includes includes non-lettermen and freshmen. Hats off to you, gentlemen.
|
Name |
Pos. |
Year |
Letter |
Hometown |
State |
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Allen, Frank G. |
forward |
1879 |
v |
Aurora |
IL |
|
Barmore, Edmund H. |
HB |
1879 |
v |
Jeffersonville |
IN |
|
Calvert, William B. |
Sub |
1879 |
sub |
Ann Arbor |
MI |
|
Campbell, Charles |
HB |
1879 |
v |
Detroit |
MI |
|
Chase, John |
Rusher |
1879 |
v |
Ann Arbor |
MI |
|
DePuy, Richard G. |
Rusher |
1879 |
v |
Jamestown |
ND |
|
DeTar, David N. |
Rusher |
1879 |
v |
Boone |
IA |
|
Edwards, Thomas R. |
Rusher |
1879 |
v |
Ann Arbor |
MI |
|
Green, Jack A. |
Rusher |
1879 |
v |
Austin |
TX |
|
Hannan, William W. |
Rusher |
1879 |
v |
Dowagiac |
MI |
|
Johnston, Collins H. |
HB |
1879 |
v |
Grand Rapids |
MI |
|
Mitchell, Charles S. |
goalkeeper |
1879 |
v |
Alexandria |
MN |
|
Pettit, Albert S. |
_ |
1879 |
_ |
Ann Arbor |
MI |
|
Pond, Irving K. |
Rusher |
1879 |
v |
Ann Arbor |
MI |
|
Reed, Frank |
Rusher |
1879 |
v |
Ann Arbor |
MI |
I'm guessing that a 'Rusher' is equivalent to a modern-day 'Lineman'. Would a 'Goalkeeper' be the same as, say, a safety?
I keep forgetting that the forward pass wasn't legal yet...confusing. Nice research though.