Howard Boogher Explained

Birth Date:2 January 1876
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri
Death Date:March, 1933
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School:Vanderbilt Commodores
Major:Law
Class:1898
Pastschools:Vanderbilt (1897)
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Highlights:
  • SIAA championship (1897)
  • 1912 All-time Vandy team

Howard Murray Boogher (January 2, 1876  - March, 1933) was a college football player, attorney, and once president of the Boogher, Force & Goodbar Hat Company.[1] [2] Boogher was captain of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association champion 1897 Vanderbilt Commodores football team. He and Phil Connell dove to recover the ball after the victory in the school's rivalry game with Sewanee in 1897.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: St. Louis, the Fourth City, 1764-1909. Stevens. Walter Barlow. 1909.
  2. Book: The Book of St. Louisans. Leonard. John W.. 1906.
  3. Web site: Vandy Students' 1897 cheer banned. Bill Traughber. September 14, 2011.