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1899 WUP Football Team
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Title
1899 WUP Football Team
Date
1899
Identifier
FTBL64.UA
Description
Group portrait of the 1899 Western University of Pennsylvania football team taken at Recreation Park in Allegheny City (now Pittsburgh's North Side). Pictured in the front row (left to right) are John W. Crooks, William H. Cullers, Fred A. Robinson (captain) and Parke R. Bachman. In the second row (l to r) are Trainer "Jim" [last name unknown], Wesley W. Jones, Chester G. Fisher, Victor King and Emmett C. Bates. In the third row (l to r) are [unknown], William H. Mitchell, William J. Sterrett, Malcolm F. McConnell, James H. Chessrown, John L. Martin and Team Manager Edward A. Grau. In the back row (l to r) are Arthur A. Parks, John A. Boyd, [unknown] and Walter H. Stifel. The team was coached by Thomas G. "Doggie" Trenchard. An article in the January 31, 1917 Pitt Weekly provides additional information about the players. The photograph was first published in the 1899 Pittsburgh Bulletin.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
photographic prints
gelatin silver prints
Subject
Football teams
College football players
College sports
Western University of Pennsylvania
Football
Pitt Panthers (Football team)
Geographic Subjects
North Side (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Collection
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs
Rights Information
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