William E. Dodge, III
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Position | Halfback |
Class | 1879 |
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Date of birth | 1858 |
Date of death | 1886 |
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William Earl Dodge III (1858–1886) was a college football player at Princeton University, captain of the national champion 1877 Princeton Tigers football team.[1] He also led the meeting of the group on Nov. 18, 1876, in East College that launched the collegiate branch of the International YMCA.[2] His brother Cleveland Hoadley Dodge attended Williston Seminary at Easthampton, Massachusetts with his brother, and was a good friend of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton. Dodge died in 1886, and is the namesake of Dodge-Osborn Hall.[3]
References
- ↑ "Athletics at Princeton". google.com.
- ↑ "Princeton Alumni Weekly: Rally 'Round the Cannon". princeton.edu.
- ↑ "Dodge-Osborn Hall". princeton.edu.
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