1917_Camp_Funston_football_team

1917 Camp Funston football team

1917 Camp Funston football team

American college football season

The 1917 Camp Funston football team represented the United States Army's 89th Infantry Division based at Camp Funston, Fort Riley, near Manhattan, Kansas, during the 1917 college football season. The team was coached by Paul Withington, who had been the head coach at Wisconsin in 1916.

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The team's leading players included Potsy Clark and Adrian Lindsey.

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References

  1. [1]
    Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918. American Sports Publishing Co. 1918. p. 109.
  2. [2]
    "Camp Funston Soldiers Defeated St. Mary's, 10-0". The Wichita Eagle. October 14, 1917. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. [3]
    "Camp Funston Eleven Wallops Iowa Teachers". The Topeka Daily Capital. October 21, 1917. p. 18B8 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Kendall First To Damage Soldiers". Tulsa Daily World. November 4, 1917. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Funston Beats Great Lakes, 7-0, in Great Scrap". Chicago Tribune. November 25, 1917. p. II-3 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Funston Loses First Game: Illinois Triumphs Over Army Lads, 28 to 0". The Junction City Union. November 30, 1917. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Camp Funston, With Capt. Stankowski at Helm, Wins 11 to 0 From Camp Doniphan Team". Joplin News Herald. November 30, 1917. p. 5 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.com.
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    "Dodge Camp Beats Funston". Sunday State Journal. December 2, 1917. p. 4A – via Newspapers.com.
  9. [9]
    "Camp Funston Lost To Camp MacArthur". Houston Daily Post. December 18, 1917. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.


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