Joseph Gilman (guard) explained

Joseph Gilman
Currentposition:Guard
Birth Date:4 October 1883
Birth Place:Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S.
Death Place:Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
School:Dartmouth Big Green
Pastschools:Dartmouth (1904)
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Joseph Taylor Gilman (October 4, 1883[1] [2] – September 15, 1933) was an American football player. He played college football at Dartmouth College and was a consensus selection at the guard position on the 1904 College Football All-America Team.

Gilman was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1883. He attended preparatory school at Phillips Exeter Academy before enrolling at Dartmouth College.[3] While at Dartmouth, he played for the Dartmouth Big Green football team and was a consensus first-team selection for the 1904 College Football All-America Team.[4]

After graduating from Dartmouth, Gilman was the manager of Filene's Department Store in Boston.[1] He later became president and general manager of the Boston Garden. He was also president of the Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Corporation. He was married and had two daughters. In 1933, he underwent an operation at the Newton Hospital and died the following week at the age of 50.[3] He was buried at Exeter, New Hampshire.[5]

Notes and References

  1. World War I draft registration card for Joseph Taylor Gilman, born October 4, 1883, living in W. Newton, Mass., employed as store manager at Filene's in Boston. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line].
  2. Birth record for Joseph Taylor Gilman, born 4 Oct 1883, at Exeter, New Hampshire. Father Edward H Gilman, mother Jennie L Crosby. Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 [database on-line].
  3. News: J.T. Gilman Is Dead; A Former Athlete; General Manager of the Boston Garden Won Honors on Dartmouth Eleven. The New York Times. September 17, 1933.
  4. Web site: 2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. August 16, 2014. 4. November 26, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf. dead.
  5. News: J. T. Gilman Rites Held at W. Newton: President of Boston Garden Buried at Exeter, N H. Daily Boston Globe . September 19, 1933. 17.