Tuesday, February 19, 2019

1892 Yale Football Team Photo Mitchell C. Lilley Jr.




This 1892 team photo is from an extensive collection of football, Yale, Lawrenceville and family photographs and documents all originating from Mitchell C. Lilley, Jr.  Lilley is pictured in this photo, his name being misspelled as Lilly on the mat (see photo below). Additionally, among those listed that appear on the Mayo Cut Plug football card set of 1894 are Beard, Hinkey, McCrea, Buttersworth, Armstrong, Stillman, Adee and Greenway. A pretty rare photo that we were lucky to come across.




                                                         Period cabinet photo of Lilley.


                                                                     M.C. in uniform.


We always loved these muscular football back poses. They are very hard to come by. M.C. Lilley posing.


Mitchell with his brother Alexander S. Lilley. Alexander played quarterback and end for the Princeton Tigers in 1889 and also served as Ohio State University's first football coach.


Boating photos with Francis Edward Barbour (football Y in 1890 and 1891) '92S at the wheel. In top photo Heffelfinger is second to his right. Also identified on the back are Isaac Chauncey McKeever, '93 and Oliver Peter Nicola, '93. 

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