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- IDNO:
- 051775
- Title:
- WVU Football Captain Clay B. Hite, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- Hite ('18) was a halfback for West Virginia University's Mountaineer football team. During the 1917 season, Hite enlisted in the First Officers Training Camp after the United States declared war and was commissioned as a lieutenant. In his absence, the team elected Russell Bailey as the captain of the team. Russell came to WVU from Huntington High and was well-known as an excellent athlete.
- IDNO:
- 051776
- Title:
- WVU Football Player Paul E. Hager, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- Paul "Monk" Hager ('19) was a player for the West Virginia University Mountaineers and was described as "one of West Virginia's most valuable men."
- IDNO:
- 051777
- Title:
- WVU Football Player Latterner, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- A West Virginia University football player identified as "Latterner" is pictured in his practice gear.
- IDNO:
- 051778
- Title:
- WVU Football Captain Russell Bailey, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- Russell "Rus" Bailey ('19) was elected captain of the West Virginia University Mountaineers after the original captain, Clay Hite, enlisted in the army. Bailey led his team to a winning season in 1917, with a season record of 6-3.
- IDNO:
- 051779
- Title:
- WVU Football Player Charles L. Lewis, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- Lewis ('20) was a quarterback for the West Virginia University Mountaineers. He came to WVU from Charleston High School.
- IDNO:
- 051780
- Title:
- WVU Football Player Rhodes, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- A West Virginia University football player identified as "Rhodes" is pictured in his practice gear.
- IDNO:
- 051781
- Title:
- WVU Football Player Fred Mills, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- Fred "Ike" Mills ('20) played an end position for West Virginia University's football team. He came to WVU from Keyser Prep, where he had won himself a name as a backfield man. Shortly after the 1917 season, Mills enlisted in the military.
- IDNO:
- 051782
- Title:
- WVU Football Player Brooks, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- A West Virginia University football player identified as "Brooks" is pictured in his practice gear.
- IDNO:
- 051783
- Title:
- WVU Football Player John B. McCue, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- McCue ('21) was a guard for the West Virginia University Mountaineers.
- IDNO:
- 051784
- Title:
- WVU Football Player Wagner, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- A West Virginia University football player identified as "Wagner" is pictured in his practice gear.
- IDNO:
- 051785
- Title:
- WVU Football Player Webster, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- A West Virginia University football player identified as "Webster" is pictured in his practice gear.
- IDNO:
- 051786
- Title:
- WVU Football Player Joseph V. Harrick, Morgantown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- Joe Harrick ('21) played as a tackle for the West Virginia University Mountaineers and was described as one of the "greatest linesmen that ever wore the Old Gold and Blue" in the 1919 Monticola yearbook.