Haverford Fords football

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Haverford Fords football
Haverford Fords H logo.png
First season1879
LocationHaverford, Pennsylvania
RivalriesSwarthmore
ColorsRed and Black

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] Haverford no longer has a team. The school ended the football program in 1972.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lack of Players Cancels Football at Haverford". The New York Times. September 15, 1972.
  2. ^ https://tripod.swarthmore.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01TRI_INST:SC&search_scope=SC_All&tab=Everything&docid=alma991012377669704921
  3. ^ Times, Special to The New York (November 26, 1916). "HAVERFORD IS VICTORIOUS.; Conquers Its Ancient Rival, Swarthmore, by 10 to 7". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Long lost football team recalled by its star lineman". 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Haverford Vs. Swarthmore 1894 - First Known Action Shot Of A College Football Game". June 29, 2021.
  6. ^ "FRONTLINE: Retrospect". 10 July 2008.
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