Haverford Fords football
The Haverford Fords football team represented Haverford College in college football. The team started in 1879, just the third school in Pennsylvania to field a football team.[1][2] The team was rivals with Swarthmore.[3][4] The 1894 game claims to have the first "action shot" photograph of a game.[5] College athletic director James Babbitt was an important figure in the 1905 rules negotiations that brought the forward pass, 10-yard first down and other innovations into the game.[6]
Haverford no longer has a team. The school ended the football program in 1972.[7]
References
- ^ "Lack of Players Cancels Football at Haverford". The New York Times. September 15, 1972.
- ^ https://tripod.swarthmore.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01TRI_INST:SC&search_scope=SC_All&tab=Everything&docid=alma991012377669704921
- ^ "Haverford Is Victorious.; Conquers Its Ancient Rival, Swarthmore, by 10 to 7". The New York Times. November 26, 1916.
- ^ "Long lost football team recalled by its star lineman". 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Haverford Vs. Swarthmore 1894 - First Known Action Shot Of A College Football Game". June 29, 2021.
- ^ Fichman, Michael (Fall 2012). "Football Furor". The Magazine of Haverford College. p. 13. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
- ^ "Frontline: Retrospect". July 10, 2008.
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