Alton Marsters Explained

Currentposition:	Halfback
School:	Dartmouth Big Green
Class:	1930
Highschool:	Arlington
Pastschools:	Dartmouth (1927 - 1929)
Highlights:	First-team All-American (1929) Second-team All-American (1927) 2× First-team All-Eastern (1927, 1929)

Alton Marsters was an All-America college football running back at Dartmouth.^[1] He was known as "special delivery."^[2] Herman Olcott wrote him a letter on his deathbed.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Praise for Marsters . 2023-11-14 . Dartmouth Alumni Magazine . en-US.
2. Book: Dartmouth College Football: Green Fields of Autumn. 9780738536118. Shribman. David. Degange. Jack. 2004.
3. News: Ex-Yale Star, from Deathbed, Sends Marsters a Letter. November 5, 1929. Chicago Tribune. 24.