![]() Brown-Carlisle in 1910 at Andrews Field. Bill Sprackling 1912 carrying the ball. Sprackling was Brown's first three-time All American. |
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![]() Brown's first win over Yale - 1910 Bill Sprackling 1912 accounted for 456 total yards. |
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![]() Carlisle was Brown's first Thanksgiving Day rival. - 1911 Game Program |
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![]() Jim Thorpe of Carlisle (hand on mouth) played his final game on snowy Andrews Field, Thanksgiving 1912. Thorpe and Brown's Fritz Pollard 1919 later became major gate attractions and bitter rivals in the early days of the NFL. |
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![]() Fritz Pollard 1919 (on left) was the first African-American named to Walter Camp's All-America backfield (1916). |
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![]() 1915 Team at Andrews Field prior to leaving for the 1916 Rose Bowl |
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1916 Tournament of Roses poster. |
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![]() Letter to President Faunce written by Fred Ballou Jr. '16, Team Manager, on the eve of the Tournament of Roses game with Washington State. (December 31, 1915) |
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![]() First Victory over Harvard - 1916 |
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![]() First Victory over The Crimnson - 1916. Panoramic view of Harvard Stadium. |
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![]() Brown was the first team to defeat Harvard and Yale in the same season. Fritz Pollard '19 dominated in both 1916 games. Cartoons by Chas. Donelan 1916 |
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![]() Thanksgiving Day Game on Andrews Field - 1916. Colgate spoiled Brown's undefeated season. |
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![]() The 1924 season was the last at Andrews Field. |
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![]() Fundraising brochure for the new Brown stadium, 1924. |
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![]() Fundraising brochure for the new Elmgrove Avenue athletic complex, 1924. The new facilities gave life to Athletic Director "Doc" Marvel's 1894 dream of "A Team for Every Man and Every Man on a Team." |
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![]() Fundraising brochure for the new Brown athletic facilities, 1924. |
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![]() Model of Brown Field presented to Clinton White, 1900, who chaired the Amphitheatre Committee which raised the funds for the new stadium. Presented May 22. 1924. The field was originally planned to hold 32,000 spectators, with mirror image stands on each side. |
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![]() Stadium construction - February, 1925 |
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![]() The newly-completed stadium - 1925. Note wooden stands in both end zones and on the visitor's side, extending to the goal line. These "temporary" stands resulted in a seating capacity of 27,646. |
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![]() The Brown Band helped to dedicate the new stadium in 1925. |
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![]() Athletic Director "Doc" Marvel arranged an all-home game schedule for Brown Field's inaugural year. |
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![]() Brown Field was dedicated in 1925 at both the Yale and Harvard games. The words on the stadium dedication plaque pledge to make Brown Field a "Field of Honor." |
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![]() Jack Keefer 1925, who was a Walter Camp All-American in 1924 and 1925, scoring his final touchdown on Thanksgiving Day, 1925 against Colgate. |
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![]() Tuss McLaughry's 1926 Iron Men eleven gained national attention by playing without substitution in consecutive major game victories against Yale and Dartmouth. They were pulled at the end of the Harvard game so that the subs could earn their varsity letters. |
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Dave Mishel's 1927 field goal attempt late in the game vs. Colgate hits the goalpost, costing Brown a perfect season in 1926. |
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The Brown Gymnasium opened in December, 1927. It was renamed Marvel Gymnasium in 1938, following the death of Athletic Director "Doc" Marvel 1894. |
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Spare tire cover advertising the 1932 season. |
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Bill Gilbane 1933 (right) and Tom Gilbane 1933 (#42) in the 1932 Columbia game at Baker Field. Both Gilbanes were All-Americans. |
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Section of goalpost from 1932 Brown-Harvard game. |
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The 1932 "Cinderella" team which defeated seven previously undefeated teams in a row. |
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![]() Graphic depiction of the 1932 Brown-Colgate Thanksgiving Day game. The 21-0 loss cost Brown a Rose Bowl bid. |
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![]() Period football program - 1937. |
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Shine Hall 1939 scored 27 points against Columbia on Thanksgiving Day, 1938 |
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![]() Coach Tuss McLaughry and son John 1940, the Brown captain, and coach Frank Keaney and son Warner, Rhode Island captain, pose before the Brown-URI game in 1939. |
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