Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. Michigan Wolverines (1902)
source: Wikimedia Commons
author: Benham and Allen
Description
A sepia photograph shows a group of men playing American football. They appear to be skirmishing for the ball, with the majority of them clashing in the center of the photo. Several lines of texts have been written on different parts of the photograph. One such line reads “PHOTO BY BENHAM AND ALLEN 1902.”
Date
Photo: 1902
Information
This photograph gives an example of an early 20th century American football game, before the introduction of helmets and protective padding. It was during this period that the many disparate versions of college football began to converge into one codified sport.
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