Hobson-Huntsinger University Archives Photograph Collection, 1890-1982
Date
circa 1897
Decade
1890s
Subject (LCSH)
Football
Athletes
Football teams
College students
Football players
Subject (local)
New Mexico State University. Athletics
Historical context
''The four male members of the first graduating class of 1894- Ralph Larkin, Oscar Snow, Lemuel McGarth, and Fabian Garcia- formed the college football team in 1893.'' ''Athletics also continued to expand and in 1928, the new Miller Fields at the west corner of Espina Street and Horseshoe (site of today’s Skeen Building) were built to accommodate the growing popularity of football, tennis, track, and several auxiliary sports, such as archery.'' Cited from A-Heritage-Preservation-Plan-Volume-I, p. 21.
Provenance
Gwaltney, Lamar
Extent
8 x 10 in.
Notes
Note on recto of print ''N.M. A. and M. College, 1897 Territorial Champions: No hired men, No headgears, No games lost, No pads, No substitutions except for disabling injury, 2 line substitutes, 1 backfield substitute, NO SISSIE'S: N. End Miller Field: Presented to Athletic Dept. by Bill Sutherland, '98, 1954,'' Portrait of football team, 1. G.M. Williams (time keeper) ('98): 2. Charles M. Barber, RHB, Coach: 3. Walter E. Holt, QB: 4. Morgan O. Llewellyn, F.B.: 5. W. A. (Bill) Sutherland, LHB ('98): 6. Eugene E. Casey, Mgr.(Died in Spanish War) ('98): 7. Sam Laird, Line Sub.: 8. Chas E Mead, R.E. ('98): 9. Henry Jarrell, line sub.: 10. Gene Baird, R.T.: 11. Ed Wayland, R.G.: 12. Pelham Winter, Mascot: 13. Burt Stevens, Center: 14. Geo Gamboa, L.G.: 15. Guy Rausch, L.T.: 16. Wallace Baird, sub. back: 17. I. H. Stanley, L.E. ('98).