Roswell Tripp Explained

Roswell Tripp
Birth Date:January 1884
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Death Date:December 1962
Player Years1:1902
Player Team1:Chicago
Player Years2:1904-1905
Player Team2:Yale
Player Positions:Guard
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Roswell Tripp (January 1884  - December 1962) was an American football player.

Tripp attended The Hill School at Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where he drew his attention for his talent as a football player. Tripp enrolled at the University of Chicago and played at the tackle for Amos Alonzo Stagg's 1902 football team. In January 1903, Tripp transferred to Yale University,[1] where he played guard for Yale University's football teams in 1904 and 1905 after sitting out the 1903 season. He was captain of Yale's championship team of 1905,[2] and was selected by Walter Camp as a first-team All-American in 1905.[3] He later worked as a stockbroker He died in October 1962.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Chicago Player to Enter Yale; Tackle Tripp of Football Team Will Play in the East Next Season. Chicago Daily Tribune. 1903-01-10.
  2. News: Tripp for Captain: Chicago Lad to be Next Leader of Yale Eleven. The Pittsburgh Press. 1904-11-16.
  3. News: All-American Eleven: Walter Camp Selects the Best Football Team; West Figures Prominently. The Washington Post. 1905-12-20.
  4. News: R. C. Tripp, 78, Dies; Yale Star. Hartford Courant. 1962-12-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20121026110159/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/929480362.html?dids=929480362:929480362&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Dec+11,+1962&author=&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=Obituary+8+--+No+Title&pqatl=google. dead. October 26, 2012.