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Henry Twombly Position Quarterback Born: (1862-11-10 ) November 10, 1862Albany, New York College Yale (1881–1883)High school Boston Latin
National championship (1882)
Henry Bancroft "Deac" Twombly (November 10, 1862 – ?) was a college football player and lawyer.[ 1] He invented quarterback signals.[ 2]
Yale University
Twombly was a prominent quarterback for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] He helped lead Yale to a 21–0–1 record over three seasons.[ 6] Walter Camp was in the same backfield.[ 7]
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Charles de Saulles (1897)
Morris Ely (1898)
William Fincke (1900)
John de Saulles (1901)
Foster Rockwell (1902–1904)
Guy Hutchinson (1905)
Tad Jones (1906–1907)
Art Howe (1909–1911)
Herb Kempton (1920)
Johnny Hoben (1927–1928)
Art Dakos (1945)
Tex Furse (1946–1948)
Stu Tisdale (1949–1950)
Jim Ryan (1951)
Ed Molloy (1952)
Jim Lopez (1953)
Dean Loucks (1954–1956)
Dick Winterbauer (1957)
Art LaVallie (1958)
Tom Singleton (1959–1960)
Bill Leckonby (1961)
Brian Rapp (1962–1963)
Ed McCarthy (1964)
Watts Humphrey (1965)
Pete Doherty (1966)
Brian Dowling (1967–1968)
Joe Massey (1969–1970)
Roly Purrington (1971–1972)
Tom Doyle (1973–1974)
Stone Phillips (1975–1976)
Bob Rizzo (1977)
Pat O'Brien (1978)
John Rogan (1979–1981)
Joe Dufek (1982)
Mike Curtin (1983–1985)
Kelly Ryan (1986–1987)
Mark Brubaker (1988)
Darin Kehler (1989–1990)
Nick Crawford (1991)
Steve Mills (1992–1993)
Chris Hetherington (1994–1995)
Blake Kendall (1996)
Mike McClellan (1997)
Chris Whittaker (1997)
Joe Walland (1997–1999)
Peter Lee (2000–2001)
Alvin Cowan (2002–2004)
Jeff Mroz (2002, 2005)
Matt Polhemus (2006–2007)
Ryan Fodor (2008)
Brook Hart (2008–2010)
Patrick Witt (2009–2011)
Eric Williams (2012)
Tyler Varga (2012)
Henry Furman (2012–2013)
Derek Russell (2012)
Morgan Roberts (2013–2015)
Logan Scott (2013)
Rafe Chapple (2016)
Tre Moore (2016)
Kurt Rawlings (2016–2019)
Jimmy Check (2018)
Griffin O'Connor (2018, 2021)
Nolan Grooms (2021–2023)
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