WVU's First Football Team

Identifier:

018028

Collection Number:

Molby Collection

Title:

WVU's First Football Team

Date:

1891

Description:

Group portrait of the first intercollegiate football team of West Virginia University. Members include: 'fullback-Dr. Gory Hogg, quarterback-Bivens, line-Smith, Kunst, Price, Blake, Ford, Hughes, Jenkins, Holbert, and Boyd. The first football team to represent West Virginia. It played W & J in 1891. Score W & J (Washington and Jefferson-72, W.V.U.-0. Presented by James M. Orr-1827.'

Subjects:

WVU--Athletics--Football --1890-1915., Football players--West Virginia--Morgantown., Football teams--West Virginia--Morgantown.

Corporate Names:

West Virginia University--Football.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView