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1921 West Virginia Vs. Pittsburgh Football Game
The 1921 West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game was a college football game between the 1921 West Virginia Mountaineers football team, West Virginia Mountaineers and the 1921 Pittsburgh Panthers football team, Pittsburgh Panthers played on October 8, 1921. It was the 17th meeting of the Backyard Brawl, a rivalry game between the two programs. The game was played at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh won the game 21–13, after West Virginia's George Hill returned a kick-off for a touchdown on the final play of the game. The game was broadcast on radio station KDKA (AM), KDKA by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Westinghouse engineer Harold Arlin, and was that station's first live radio play-by-play broadcast of a college football game. See also * College football on radio * 1921 college football season References {{DEFAULTSORT:West Virginia vs. Pittsburgh football game 1921 1921 college football season Pittsburgh Panthers football games, vs. West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Spears
Clarence Wiley "Doc" Spears (July 24, 1894 – February 1, 1964) was an American football player, coach, and doctor. He was an All-American guard at Dartmouth College (1914–1915) and served as the head football coach at Dartmouth (1917–1920), West Virginia University (1921–1924), the University of Minnesota (1925–1929), the University of OregonMcCann, Michael C. (1995). Oregon Ducks Football: 100 Years of Glory. Eugene, OR: McCann Communications Corp. . (1930–1931), the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1932–1935), the University of Toledo (1936–1942), and University of Maryland, College Park (1943–1944), compiling a career college football record of 148–83–14. Spears was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1955. Early life and playing career Spears was born in DeWitt, Arkansas and attended high school in Kewanee, Illinois. He began his college career at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he competed in football and track a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |