Harriman’s first football team (Gift of Walter Pulliam)
Scope and Contents
Harriman football team, 1891. Harriman’s first football team. They played a group of young men from Knoxville and University of Tennessee students on Thanksgiving Day 1891 in Knoxville. Harriman won the game 14 to 4. This is credited with being the first organized football game ever played in Knoxville. Harriman team captain was W. C. Spicer, the player with a mustache holding the ball. To his left is Harry Durrell. The others in the photograph are unidentified. At far left is an African American man holding a white flag or pennant with an ‘H’ on it. At the far right is a man in a top hat and dress coat. 1 pc. (cracked and fragile) + 1 p. photocopied ID from newspaper.
Dates
- 1891
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 piece
General
Scanned and added to Digital Collection.
- Football Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Harriman (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Walter Pulliam Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Harriman’s first football team (Gift of Walter Pulliam)
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Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
