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Quarterback | Graduate |
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Date of birth: | September 13, 1868|
Place of birth: Peekskill, New York, U.S. | |
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College(s): Yale (1884–1887) | |
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*National championship (1886, 1887) |
Henry Ward "Harry" Beecher (Peekskill, New York, September 13, 1868 – Wilmette, Illinois, 26 September 1948) was a college football player and sportswriter.[1] He was the subject of the first American football card, printed in 1888.
Henry was son of Henry Barton and Harriet Jones Benedict Beecher. His paternal grandfather was Henry Ward Beecher and one of his paternal great-aunts was Harriet Beecher Stowe. He graduated from Yale University in 1888.[2]
Yale[]
Beecher was a prominent quarterback for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University, called by one writer the school's greatest ever at the position.[3]
1886[]
He accounted for 33 touchdowns in 1886.[4]
1887[]
He was captain in 1887.[5] One source lists Beecher as the player of the year.[6]
References[]
- ↑ Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide. 1905. p. 67. https://books.google.com/books?id=3CnwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA67#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ Henry Ward Beechar biography
- ↑ Physical Education. p. 56. https://books.google.com/books?id=mp1JAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA56&lpg=RA3-PA56#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ Bob Barton (August 2008). "Yale's Beecher: A Forgotten Mr Touchdown". College Football Historical Society 21 (4). http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv21/CFHSNv21n4a.pdf.
- ↑ Sally Jenkins. The Real All Americans. p. 106. https://books.google.com/books?id=s2E-Yin4dqgC&pg=PA106#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ↑ Claire Walter. Winners, the blue ribbon encyclopedia of awards. p. 685. https://books.google.com/books?id=R08UAQAAIAAJ&q=%22c+m+decamp%22+princeton&dq=%22c+m+decamp%22+princeton&hl=en&sa=X&ei=X2w-Va62CIfLsAXqs4C4AQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBA.
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