Mac Aldrich Explained

Currentposition:Halfback
Birth Date:October 1, 1900
Birth Place:Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Southampton, New York, U.S.
School:Yale Bulldogs
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lbs:165
Pastschools:
Cfbhof Id:1451
Cfbhof Year:1972
Highlights:

Malcolm Pratt "Mac" Aldrich (October 1, 1900 – July 31, 1986) was an American football player for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University from 1919 to 1921.[1] He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American at the halfback position in 1921. Aldrich was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1972. He died July 31, 1986, at age 85.[2]

Yale

Aldrich was the Yale Bulldogs' senior team captain in 1921, and excelled as a runner and passer. He drop-kicked a 48-yard field goal against Brown, and defeated the Princeton Tigers 13-7 by kicking two fourth-quarter field goals.[3] He scored 86 points on the season, making him the nation's third leading scorer in 1921.

Aldrich was also the Yale Bulldogs baseball captain.[4] He played catcher.[5]

Commonwealth Fund

After graduating from Yale in 1922, he joined the Commonwealth Fund, which donated money for medical education. He became the Fund president in 1940, chairman in 1963, and received an award for distinguished service from the American Medical Association.[6] His older brother, banking executive Hulbert Aldrich, succeeded him as president of the Commonwealth Fund.

World War II

Aldrich served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cohane . Tim . January 1, 1951 . The Yale Football Story . Putnam . Google Books.
  2. Web site: Malcolm Aldrich . sports-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . August 18, 2014.
  3. Web site: Elliott . Len . January 1, 1969 . One Hundred Years of Princeton Football, 1869-1969 . Princeton Athletic News, Princeton University . Google Books.
  4. Web site: Conference . International Financial . January 1, 1921 . Princeton Alumni Weekly . princeton alumni weekly . Google Books.
  5. Web site: January 1, 1919 . The Yale Alumni Weekly Vol XXIX No 1 . Google Books.
  6. Web site: Hulbert Aldrich . centennial.commonwealthfund.org . . August 24, 2020.