St. Paul’s School Intramural Football Clubs c.1907 / Hobey Baker

Borrowing from our write-up of a previous blog post showing another (c.1909) St. Paul's School photo (see entry dated March 21, 2019): All students took part in intramural sports at St. Paul’s School in Concord New Hampshire. St. Paul’s was an exclusive boarding school that was a feeder school for the Ivy League. New students were assigned to one of three athletic clubs, Isthmian, Delphian and Old Hundred. The pictured photograph shows each of the athletic clubs during the football season, assembled at one time.

The school eleven would be made up of the best amongst the three clubs.

Of particular interest, in the rear row for the Isthmian club is Hobey Baker, later considered one of the best football and hockey players in the country.

After St. Paul’s, Baker played football and hockey at Princeton and was inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and the United States Hockey Hall of Fame.

For related details on Hobey Baker see blog entry dated June 13, 2015.

A large and fascinating photo measuring  16 3/8” x 9 5/8”.

 

                         

                                                       Close up of Hobey Baker