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1914 Cornell Big Red Football Team
The 1914 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 1914 college football season. . College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 3, 2013. Schedule Gallery References {{Cornell Big Red football navbox Cornell ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Sharpe (American Football)
Albert Hayes Sharpe (October 7, 1877 – May 17, 1966) was an All-American football player, coach and athletic director and medical doctor. He played football for Yale University and was selected as a halfback for the 1899 College Football All-America Team. Sharpe was also a star basketball player in the early years of the college game. Sharpe also excelled in baseball, gymnastics, rowing and track. In 1915, Sharpe was selected by one sporting expert as the greatest living athlete in the United States. He later served as a coach and administrator at Cornell University, Yale, the Ithaca School of Physical Education and Washington University in St. Louis. Athlete at Yale Football Sharpe began his athletic career as a student at the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia. After graduating from the Penn School, Sharpe enrolled at Yale University, where he played halfback for the Yale football team from 1898 to 1900. He also handled punting and place-kicking responsibili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polo Grounds
The Polo Grounds was the name of three stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963. The original Polo Grounds, opened in 1876 and demolished in 1889, was built for the sport of polo. Bound on the south and north by 110th Street, 110th and 112th Street, 112th streets and on the east and west by Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Sixth (Lenox) avenues, just north of Central Park, it was converted to a baseball stadium when leased by the New York Metropolitans in 1880. The third Polo Grounds, built in 1890, was renovated after a fire in 1911 New York Giants season, 1911 and became Polo Grounds IV, the one generally indicated when the ''Polo Grounds'' is referenced. It was located in Coogan's Bluff, Coogan's Hollow and was noted for its distinctive bathtub shape, with very short distances to the left and right field walls and an unusually deep center field. In baseball, the origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornell–Penn Football Rivalry
The Cornell–Penn football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Cornell Big Red and Penn Quakers. Traditionally, the game was played on Thanksgiving Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but now alternates between Philadelphia and Ithaca, New York. The game was often played as the last game of the regular season for both teams. Beginning in 2018, Cornell has faced Columbia in the last game of the regular season, while Penn plays Princeton in the last game of the regular season. The game was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first cancellation after an uninterrupted streak of 101 games going back to 1919. In the 127 meetings since 1893 (interrupted in 1918 and 2020), Penn leads the series 76–47–5, with Penn forfeiting the game in 1997 (because of the participation of an academically ineligible player). Attendance The Thanksgiving Cornell–Penn football game, broadcast on national radio before the television era, attracted huge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Field
Franklin Field is a sports stadium in Philadelphia, United States, at the eastern edge of the University of Pennsylvania's campus. It is the home stadium for the Penn Relays, and the University of Pennsylvania's stadium for football, track and field and lacrosse. It is also used by Penn students for recreation, and for intramural and club sports, including touch football and cricket, and is the site of Penn's graduation exercises, weather permitting. Franklin Field is the oldest stadium still operating for football. It was the first college stadium in the United States with a scoreboard and the second with an upper deck of seats. In 1922, it was the site of the first radio broadcast of a football game in 1922 on WIP, as well as of the first television broadcast of a football game by Philco. From 1958 until 1970, the stadium was the home field of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. History Until around 1860, the grounds of what became Franklin Fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Penn Quakers Football Team
The 1914 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1914 college football season. In their second season under head coach George H. Brooke George Haydock Brooke (July 9, 1874 – November 16, 1938) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a fullback at Swarthmore College from 1889 to 1892 and at the University of Pennsylvania from 1893 to 1895. Broo ..., the Quakers compiled a 4–4–1 record and were outscored by a total of 121 to 89. Schedule References {{Penn Quakers football navbox Penn Penn Quakers football seasons Penn Quakers football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851. It is the principal city of the Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Washtenaw County. Ann Arbor is also included in the Greater Detroit Combined Statistical Area and the Great Lakes megalopolis, the most populated and largest megalopolis in North America. Ann Arbor is home to the University of Michigan. The university significantly shapes Ann Arbor's economy as it employs about 30,000 workers, including about 12,000 in the medical center. The city's economy is also centered on high technology, with several companies drawn to the area by the university's research and development infrastructure. Ann Arbor was founded in 1824, named after the wives of the village's founders, both named Ann, and the stands of bur oak trees.Marwil, pp. 1–2 The city's population grew at a rapid rate in the early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferry Field
Ferry Field is a multi-purpose stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It opened in 1906 and was home to the Michigan Wolverines football team prior to the opening of Michigan Stadium in 1927. It had a capacity of 46,000. It is currently used as a tailgating space for football games. After football moved to Michigan Stadium, Ferry Field was converted to an outdoor track and field facility and was still used for this purpose until 2018. In 1935, Ohio State sprinter Jesse Owens set world records in the 220 yard dash, the 200m, 200 meter dash, the 220 yard low hurdles, the 200 meter low hurdles, and the long jump, and tied the world record in the 100m, 100 yard dash, all within a 45-minute timespan. A bronze plaque at Ferry Field commemorates Owens' historic feat. Development Michigan's football team became a major attraction after the success of coach Fielding H. Yost, and Regents Field with its 800-seat grandstand could not accommodate the paying crowds that sought to watch the team p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Michigan Wolverines Football Team
The 1914 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1914 college football season. In their 14th season under head coach Fielding H. Yost, the Wolverines won their first five games by a combined score of 180 to 10, including three shutouts. They then lost three of the final four games to finish with a 6–3 record. Michigan halfback John Maulbetsch was a consensus first-team selection for the 1914 College Football All-America Team. Two other Michigan players, center James Raynsford and quarterback Tommy Hughitt, were named to '' Outing'' magazine's Football Roll of Honor. Raynsford was the team captain, and Hughitt was selected as the team's most valuable player. Schedule Season summary Week 1: DePauw Michigan opened the 1914 season with a 58–0 victory over DePauw. Lawrence Splawn ran for two touchdowns, drop-kicked a field goal from the 27-yard line, and averaged 55 yards on three punts. Quarterback Tommy Hughitt threw touchdown pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Franklin & Marshall Football Team
The 1914 Franklin & Marshall football team was an American football team that represented Franklin & Marshall College during the 1914 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 103 to 56. Charles Mayser was the head coach. Schedule References {{Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football navbox Franklin and Marshall Franklin & Marshall College (F&M) is a private liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 2,400 full-time students. It was founded upon the merger of Fran ... Franklin & Marshall Diplomats football seasons Franklin and Marshall football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Holy Cross Football Team ...
The 1914 Holy Cross football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross in the 1914 college football season. In its first year under head coach Luke J. Kelly, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record. Walter Mullen was the team captain. Holy Cross played its home games at Fitton Field on the college campus in Worcester, Massachusetts. Schedule References {{Holy Cross Crusaders football navbox Holy Cross Holy Cross Crusaders football seasons Holy Cross football The Holy Cross Crusaders football team is the collegiate American football program of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Patriot League, an NCAA Division I conference that participates in the F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five Boroughs of New York City, boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of counties in New York, original counties of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the southern tip of New York State, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Zone and constitutes both the geographical and demographic center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. Over 58 million people live within 250 miles of Manhattan, which serves as New York City’s economic and administrative center, cultural identifier, and the city’s historical birthplace. Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, Media in New York City, media, and show business, entertainment capital of the world, is considered a saf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
