1894_Drexel_Dragons_football_team

1894 Drexel Dragons football team

1894 Drexel Dragons football team

American college football season

The 1894 Drexel Dragons football team represented the Drexel Institute of Technology (renamed Drexel University in 1970) as an independent during the 1894 college football season. The team did not have a head coach.

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In either the team's first exhibition game against Penn freshman, or the regular season game against Hamilton School (there are conflicting reports), Knight, playing at fullback, suffered a fractured skull which killed him.[1] This is one of the earliest recorded deaths of an American football player due to injuries sustained during a game.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Probably Fatal Football Game". newspapers.com. Carlisle Evening Herald. October 22, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
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    "Drexel Institute and Hamilton". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 21, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
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    "Drexel Institute Played Well". newspapers.com. The Times. October 28, 1894. p. 8. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
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    "Media and Drexel". newspapers.com. Media, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
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    "Bank Clerks 6; Drexel 0". newspapers.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 25, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
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