J. T. Haxall Explained
| School: | Princeton Tigers |
| Class: | 1883 |
| Birth Date: | 22 April 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Virginia |
| Death Place: | Maryland |
| Weight Lb: | 158 |
| Pastschools: | Princeton (1881 - 1882) |
| Currentposition: | Guard/Kicker |
| Highlights: | - National championship, 1881
- Longest field goal (65 yards)
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John Triplett "Jerry" Haxall (April 22, 1860 - July 9, 1939) was a college football player. On November 30, 1882,[1] he kicked a 65-yard field goal from placement[2] for a then record[3] in the Princeton - Yale contest at the Polo Grounds.[4] [5] The record stood until 1976.[6] [7] Haxall later remarked "My epitaph will probably be: J. T. Haxall. Kicked a football. That's all."[8]
Early years
John Triplett Haxall was born in Virginia on April 22, 1860 to Bolling Walker Haxall and Anne Triplett. His father was a flour milling heir whose Richmond house built in 1858 is on the National Register of Historic Places.[9]
Notes and References
- Book: Football, the American Intercollegiate Game. 372. Parke H. Davis. 1917. Parke H. Davis.
- College Football Historical Society. Long-Distance Kicking. Frank G. Menke. Frank G. Menke. 6. 12. 3. May 1999 . May 25, 2015. LA84.
- Official Football Rules. The Field Goal Record. Parke H. Davis. Parke H. Davis. 233. 1913.
- News: [1]]. New York Times. December 1, 1882.
- News: Princeton Guard Loses 30 Pounds in 1 Game. Columbia Daily Spectator. 59. November 14, 1935. 35. 3.
- Book: Football: The Ivy League Origins of an American Obsession. Mark F. Bernstein. 19 September 2001. 21. 0812236270.
- Book: Princeton Football. 14. Mark F. Bernstein. 2009. 9780738565842.
- Obituary. July 7, 1939. Princeton Alumni Weekly. 845–846. 39.
- Web site: The Historic Bolling Haxall House.
