Bernard Trafford
Bernard Trafford | |
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Born | Bernard Walton Trafford July 2, 1871 |
Died | January 3, 1942 | (aged 70)
Occupation | Banker |
College football career | |
Harvard Crimson | |
Position | Fullback |
Class | 1893 |
Personal information | |
Born: | Dartmouth, Massachusetts | July 2, 1871
Career history | |
College |
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High school | Fall River, Exeter (1888) |
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Bernard Walton Trafford (July 2, 1871 – January 3, 1942) was an American banker and college football and baseball player.
Personal life[]
Trafford was born July 2, 1871, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to William Bradford and Rachel Mott Davis Trafford.[1] He attended high school in Fall River, Massachusetts and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1889.[1] He graduated Harvard in 1893.[1]
He married Leonora Brooks Borden of Fall River on June 5, 1901.[1] She died in 1936. Upon Trafford's death in 1942, he was survived by four daughters, a son, and eight grandchildren.[1]
Football career[]
Trafford was a prominent fullback for the Harvard Crimson football team from 1889 to 1892,[2] captain of the 1891 and 1892 teams.[3][4][5][6] He kicked five field goals in a game against Cornell in 1890, a season in which Harvard was national champion.[7] Trafford scored 64 points in a game against Wesleyan in 1891,[8][9] and led the nation in scoring that year with 270 points.[8] His teammate Everett Lake led the nation in touchdowns the same season. Trafford was captain of the first team to employ the flying wedge blocking scheme.[10] Trafford helped coach the 1893 team.[11] After college, he was employed at the Bell Telephone System, then as a banker in Boston.[12]
Banking career[]
Trafford served as vice president of the First National Bank of Boston from 1912 to 1923, then became president in March 1928 upon the death of Clifton H. Dwinnell.[1] He served as vice chairman of the board from 1929 to 1935, and chairman from 1935 until his retirement.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g "B. Trafford Dead; Boston Banker, 71". The New York Times. 3 January 1942. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
- ^ "Foot Ball Captain". thecrimson.com.
- ^ "B. W. Trafford For Captain". Boston Post. January 16, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved November 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The Harvard Monthly". google.com. 1891.
- ^ "Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football - All-Time Football Captains". Harvard. Archived from the original on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
- ^ "Harvard Football Men". Boston Evening Transcript. September 17, 1892.
- ^ http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A22984/datastream/PDF/view
- ^ a b http://www.secsportsfan.com/support-files/pre-1937cfbleaders.pdf
- ^ "Depth a major problem for declining Eastern powers". Times Daily. September 28, 1990.
- ^ "St. Nicholas". google.com. 1915.
- ^ "B. W. Trafford Coach". thecrimson.com.
- ^ "Harvard College Class of 1893 Secretary's Fifth Report". google.com. 1895.
- 1871 births
- 19th-century players of American football
- American football fullbacks
- Harvard Crimson football coaches
- Harvard Crimson football players
- Phillips Exeter Academy alumni
- Sportspeople from Fall River, Massachusetts
- People from Westport, Massachusetts
- Players of American football from Massachusetts