Walter Irving Badger Explained

Walter Irving Badger
School:Yale Bulldogs
Currentposition:Quarterback
Birth Date:January 15, 1859
Birth Place:Boston
Death Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Walter Irving Badger (January 15, 1859 – March 17, 1926) was an American football player and lawyer.

Badger was the quarterback on the undefeated 1879, 1880 and 1881 Yale Bulldogs football teams that have been recognized for winning three consecutive national championships. He was the quarterback in the same backfield with Walter Camp.[1] [2] He was also captain of the Yale baseball team.[3]

Badger later became a Boston lawyer who was involved in many notable suits, including representation of Thomas Lawson, accused of stock manipulation, and Boston Gas Co. in 120 suits arising out of an 1897 gas explosion that killed nine persons.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: A History of Yale Athletics, 1840-1888. Richard Melancthon Hurd. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. 82. 1888.
  2. Web site: National Poll Rankings . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . 2015. NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA . 107 . January 4, 2016 .
  3. Book: Biographical History of Massachusetts, Vol. II. Samuel Atkins Eliot. 1909. Massachusetts Biographical Society.
  4. News: Noted Lawyer, Yale Athlete, Dies at 67. The Hartford Courant. March 18, 1926. 11. Newspapers.com.