Waynesburg College football team, 1895

Photograph

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Greene Connections

Name/Title

Waynesburg College football team, 1895

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.218

Description

The first Waynesburg College football team, 1895. Identified: BACK ROW – Thomas Spencer Crago [team manager], Unidentified, Thomas Davies Whittles [credited with bringing the sport to Waynesburg], Jesse Hunnell Hazlett [credited with the first-ever touchdown for the team]; MIDDLE ROW - Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified [holding football], Unidentified, Unidentified; FRONT ROW – Unidentified, Frank Sellers Ullom, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified. Original, professional photograph from Hawkins.

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Made/Created

Studio

Hawkins, F. S. (Studio)

Date made

1895

Place

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Lexicon

Search Terms

Crago family, Hazlett family, Sports--Football, Ullom family, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Alumni, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Schools--Waynesburg College--Class of 1896, Whittles family

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GCHS-AN028-0006

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Crago, Thomas Spencer [1866-1925]

Person or Organization

Hazlett, Jesse Hunnell [1873-1946]

Person or Organization

Ullom, Frank Sellers (Dr.)

Person or Organization

Whittles, Thomas Davies [1873-1950]

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

School Series - Greene County Historical Society Collection

Notes

Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2005-2014. Source Citation: Waynesburg College football team, 1895; item no. GCHS-AN028-0006, Greene County Historical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).