1888 Chicago University club football team explained

Year:	1888
Team:	Chicago University club
Sport:	football
Conference:	Independent
Record:	2–2
Head Coach:	None
Captain:	B. B. Lamb
Prev Year:	none
Next:	1889

The 1888 Chicago University club football team was an American football team that represented the University Club of Chicago, an organization of college graduates living in the Chicago area, in the 1888 college football season. Most of the team were businessmen who had played football on the Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and Columbia football teams.^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

The contest against Harvard Prep on November 21 was seen as a practice game, and so the Harvard team doesn't recognize it

Roster

The roster for the Thanksgiving Day contest against Michigan consisted of:

• A. Farwell, right end
• Harry Hamlin, right tackle
• B. B. Lamb, right guard (captain)
• Peters, center
• Burke, left guard
• A. S. Bickham, left tackle
• Lockwood, left end
• P. Hamlin, quarterback
• W. Crawford, right halfback
• J. Wallerm left halfback
• J. Cowling, fullback
• Eldridge, substitute

Notes and References

1. News: 1888-11-29. College Graduates football team. 3. Chicago Tribune. 2020-05-07.
2. News: The Daily Inter Ocean. Chicago. November 27, 1888. 3. Foot-ball Match. Newspapers.com.