Henry Twombly
American football player and lawyer (1862–1955)
| Yale Bulldogs | |
|---|---|
| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1862-11-10)November 10, 1862 Albany, New York |
| Died: | February 28, 1955(1955-02-28) (aged 92) Summit, New Jersey |
| Career history | |
| College | Yale (1881–1883) |
| High school | Boston Latin |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Henry Bancroft "Deac" Twombly (November 10, 1862 – February 28, 1955) was an American college football player and lawyer.[1] He is known for inventing quarterback signals. He played quarterback for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University from 1881 to 1883.[2][3][4] He helped lead Yale to a 21–0–1 record over three seasons.[5] All three of those Yale teams were later recognized as national champions. Walter Camp played in the same backfield on the 1881 Yale Bulldogs football team.[6]
Twombly graduated from Yale in 1884 and from Harvard Law School in 1886. During this legal career, Twombly was a senior partner of Putney, Twombly, Hall & Skidmore located at the City Investing Building in Manhattan. He participated the incorporation of General Electric and the Otis Elevator Company. Twombly died on February 28, 1955, at his home in Summit, New Jersey. At the time of his death, he was last living man who played football at Yale with Camp.[7][8]
References
- ^ History. 1912. p. 316.
- ^ "Guide to the Harry T. Hamilton Class of 1904".
- ^ "1882: Harry Twombly Calls The Play".
- ^ "A Game With A Ball and a Foot". Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- ^ Sam Rubin (2006). Yale Football. p. 15. ISBN 9780738545325.
- ^ "Grantland Rice Says..." The Pittsburgh Press. November 1, 1952.
- ^ "Henry B. Twombly". New York Daily News. New York, New York. March 1, 1955. p. BL34. Retrieved September 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
. - ^ "H. B. Twombly, Yale Grid Hero, Attorney, Dies". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. March 1, 1955. p. 30. Retrieved September 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
External links
- Henry Twombly at Find a Grave
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Yale Bulldogs starting quarterbacks
- Walter Irving Badger
- Henry Twombly
- T. L. Bayne
- Harry Beecher
- William Wurtenburg
- Frank Barbour
- Vance C. McCormick
- George Adee (1894)
- Clarence Fincke (1896)
- Charles de Saulles (1897)
- Morris Ely (1898)
- William Fincke (1900)
- John de Saulles (1901)
- Foster Rockwell (1902–1904)
- Guy Hutchinson (1905)
- Tad Jones (1906–1907)
- Art Howe (1909–1911)
- Herb Kempton (1920)
- Johnny Hoben (1927–1928)
- Art Dakos (1945)
- Tex Furse (1946–1948)
- Stu Tisdale (1949–1950)
- Jim Ryan (1951)
- Ed Molloy (1952)
- Jim Lopez (1953)
- G. Dean Loucks (1954–1956)
- Dick Winterbauer (1957)
- Art LaVallie (1958)
- Tom Singleton (1959–1960)
- Bill Leckonby (1961)
- Brian Rapp (1962–1963)
- Ed McCarthy (1964)
- Watts Humphrey (1965)
- Pete Doherty (1966)
- Brian Dowling (1967–1968)
- Joe Massey (1969–1970)
- Roly Purrington (1971–1972)
- Tom Doyle (1973–1974)
- Stone Phillips (1975–1976)
- Bob Rizzo (1977)
- Pat O'Brien (1978)
- John Rogan (1979–1981)
- Joe Dufek (1982)
- Mike Curtin (1983–1985)
- Kelly Ryan (1986–1987)
- Mark Brubaker (1988)
- Darin Kehler (1989–1990)
- Nick Crawford (1991)
- Steve Mills (1992–1993)
- Chris Hetherington (1994–1995)
- Blake Kendall (1996)
- Mike McClellan (1997)
- Chris Whittaker (1997)
- Joe Walland (1997–1999)
- Peter Lee (2000–2001)
- Alvin Cowan (2002–2004)
- Jeff Mroz (2002, 2005)
- Matt Polhemus (2006–2007)
- Ryan Fodor (2008)
- Brook Hart (2008–2010)
- Patrick Witt (2009–2011)
- Eric Williams (2012)
- Tyler Varga (2012)
- Henry Furman (2012–2013)
- Derek Russell (2012)
- Morgan Roberts (2013–2015)
- Logan Scott (2013)
- Rafe Chapple (2016)
- Tre Moore (2016)
- Kurt Rawlings (2016–2019)
- Jimmy Check (2018)
- Griffin O'Connor (2018, 2021)
- Nolan Grooms (2021–2023)
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