Title |
1892: Auburn's football team |
Description |
This image is a photograph used in the book Auburn, a Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village by Mickey Logue and Jack Simms, 1st edition, 1981, depicting the history of the city and the University. From page 53: Shouts of "Rah, rah, ree, Alabama AMC" may have inspired Auburn to a muddy 10-0 victory over the University of Georgia in the Deep South's first major intercollegiate football game, played February 20, 1892, before a crowd estimated at 2,000 in Atlanta's Piedmont Park. Auburn refused to be intimidated by Georgia's touted blocking or by the splendid Tally Ho--the horse-and-buggy equivalent of a Rolls Royce--decked out in Georgia's colors. ... The Auburn team for the Georgia game included a few young instructors as well as students. The team lived it up in Atlanta, staying at the fashionable Kimball House. After all expenses were paid, including the hotel bill, Auburn netted $29.20 on the game. From 2nd. edition, 1996, page 57: Members of the squad, left to right, front row: Clifford Le Roy Hare, Professor Charles H. Barnwell, Dorsey, Richard Billup Going, Lupton. Second row: Robert Mailard Stevens, H.H. Smith, Henry T. Debardeleben, Professor Anthony Foster McKissick, Culver, Alexander Dowling McLennan. Third row: Walter Evan Richards, Arnold Whitfield Herren, Seaborn Jesse Buckalwe, Francis Marshall Boykin, George William Dantzler, Union Anderson Culbreath, George Y. McRae, Eugene Hamilton Graves, Raleigh Williams Greene, David Edwin Wilson, Charles Henry Smith. Back row: Professor George F. Atkinson, Bob "Sponsor" Frazier (mascot), [Dr. George] Petrie. Photo source: Auburn University Archives. |
Date |
ca. 1892 |
Place |
Auburn – Lee County – Alabama |
LC Subject Headings |
Auburn (Ala.) Auburn University Auburn University -- Students Auburn University -- Football College students -- Alabama Football players -- Alabama Football -- Alabama Education, Higher -- Alabama Auburn University -- History Male college students -- Alabama Universities and colleges -- Alabama |
EOA Categories |
Education -- Higher Education Sports & Recreation -- Football History -- 1875-1929: The New South Era |
Original Medium |
black and white photograph, 3004 x 2419 pixels |
Type |
Image |
Format |
JPEG |
File Name |
ed2p57431.tif |
Citation |
Logue, Mickey and Simms, Jack. Auburn, A Pictorial History of the Loveliest Village. 1st edition. 1981.; --, 2nd edition, 1996. |
Repository |
Auburn University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. |
Digital Publisher |
Auburn University Libraries |
Language |
eng |
Rights |
This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at achives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732. |
Submitted by |
Coates, Midge |