Portrait of the West Virginia University head coach Tobin. Tobin later went on to coach the Akron Pros and brought them to victory in the first ever NFL championship with an undefeated season.
West Virginia University Football Team, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1916
Description:
The football players pose together for a team photo.In the back row, from left to right, is unidentified; unidentified Coach Tobin; unidentified; Coach McIntyre; Manager Sherr; and unidentified.In the fourth row, from left to right is unidentified; player Brooks, Fred Mills ('20); unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; quarterback Charles L. Lewis ('20); and pplayer Webster.In the third row, from left to right, is unidentified; tackle Joseph V. Harrick ('21); guard John B. McCue ('21); Captain Russell Bailey holding the ball('19); player Harris; unidentified; and halfback Andrew 'Rip King.In the second row is guard Russel D. Meredith ('21); player Curry; unidentified; tackle Frank Ice ('18); unidentified; unidentified; player Wagner; unidentified.In the front row from left to right is player Rhodes; halfback J. Howard Lentz ('20); unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified; unidentified.