Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Shanaman Sports Museum

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2002.17.29

Description

The Cheney Studs football team poses in their team uniforms, including sponsor Ben Cheney, back row, far right. The Cheney Studs were part of a larger Pee Wee organization that was sponsored by sports enthusiast and philanthropist Ben Cheney. Cheney himself was an avid baseball fan but came from a low-income family and couldn’t afford his own baseball gear. Cheney grew up to sponsor numerous teams, of both sexes, and by his death in 1971 it was estimated Cheney had helped more than 5,000 youth through sponsorship by the Cheney Lumber Company, which was founded by Cheney in 1936. The youth program also included baseball, hockey, and basketball and started in the mid-1950s. Top of scoreboard is ad for H.Opie & Co. Real Estate Service. Photo by Richards Studio.

Made/Created

Place

Location

Tacoma, WA

Lexicon

Search Terms

Football, Recreational

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Cheney Studs

Person or Organization

Pee Wee

Person or Organization

football

Person or Organization

basketball

Person or Organization

baseball

Person or Organization

hockey

Person or Organization

Cheney, Ben

Person or Organization

Graham, Otto