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Harry Beecher
File:Beechercard.jpg
Beecher depicted on one of the first football card's
Yale Bulldogs
PositionQuarterback
ClassGraduate
Career history
CollegeYale (1884–1887)
Career highlights and awards
  • National championship (1886, 1887)

Henry Ward "Harry" Beecher was a college football player and sportswriter.[1]

Early years

Beecher was the nephew of Harriett Beecher Stowe.

Yale

Beecher was a prominent quarterback for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University, called by one writer the school's greatest ever at the position.[2]

1886

He accounted for 33 touchdowns in 1886.[3]

1887

He was captain in 1887.[4] One source lists Beecher as the player of the year.[5]

References

  1. ^ Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide. 1905. p. 67.
  2. ^ Physical Education. p. 56.
  3. ^ Bob Barton (August 2008). "Yale's Beecher: A Forgotten Mr Touchdown" (PDF). College Football Historical Society. 21 (4).
  4. ^ Sally Jenkins. The Real All Americans. p. 106.
  5. ^ Claire Walter. Winners, the blue ribbon encyclopedia of awards. p. 685.

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