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'''Casper Whitney''' was a sports journalist, hunter, traveler, war correspondent, and author. |
'''Casper Whitney''' was a sports journalist, hunter, traveler, war correspondent, and author. '''[HIS ACTUAL NAME WAS CASPAR WHITNEY--SEE ARTICLE UNDER THAT NAME]''' |
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He originated the concept of the All-American team in [[college football]] in [[1889]] when he worked for [[Harper's Magazine]]. From 1900 he was editor-in-chief of the monthly [[The Outing Magazine]] which promoted the outdoors and sporting pursuits, as well as a good deal of adventure fiction; authors included [[Jack London]] and [[Clarence E. Mulford]]. He was a founding member of the the [[Explorers Club]] (1904) after expeditions in North and South America. He was President of the [[American Olympic Committee]] in 1908. |
He originated the concept of the All-American team in [[college football]] in [[1889]] when he worked for [[Harper's Magazine]]. From 1900 he was editor-in-chief of the monthly [[The Outing Magazine]] which promoted the outdoors and sporting pursuits, as well as a good deal of adventure fiction; authors included [[Jack London]] and [[Clarence E. Mulford]]. He was a founding member of the the [[Explorers Club]] (1904) after expeditions in North and South America. He was President of the [[American Olympic Committee]] in 1908. |
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Casper Whitney was a sports journalist, hunter, traveler, war correspondent, and author. [HIS ACTUAL NAME WAS CASPAR WHITNEY--SEE ARTICLE UNDER THAT NAME]
He originated the concept of the All-American team in college football in 1889 when he worked for Harper's Magazine. From 1900 he was editor-in-chief of the monthly The Outing Magazine which promoted the outdoors and sporting pursuits, as well as a good deal of adventure fiction; authors included Jack London and Clarence E. Mulford. He was a founding member of the the Explorers Club (1904) after expeditions in North and South America. He was President of the American Olympic Committee in 1908.
Works
- A Sporting Pilgrimage (?)
- On Snowshoes to the Barren Grounds (1896)
- Hawaiian America (1899)
- Jungle Trails and Jungle People (?)
- Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep & Goat – with George Bird Grinnell and Owen Wister, (New York, 1904)
- The Flowing Road (1913)
- What's the Matter with Mexico? (New York, 1916)
Sources: Dillon Wallace Papers; Edgar Rice Burroughs Library; Explorer's Club History.
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