1894 Drexel Dragons football team explained

Year:1894
Team:Drexel Dragons
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:1–3
Head Coach:None
Captain:N. D. Holbrook

The 1894 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

In either the team's first exhibition game against Penn freshman, or the regular season game against Hamilton School (there are conflicting reports), Knight, playing at fullback, suffered a fractured skull which killed him.[1] This is one of the earliest recorded deaths of an American football player due to injuries sustained during a game.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Probably Fatal Football Game . newspapers.com . Carlisle Evening Herald . 17 October 2018 . 3 . English . 22 October 1894.