Bernard Trafford
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| Born | Bernard Walton Trafford (1871-07-02)July 2, 1871 |
| Died | January 3, 1942(1942-01-03) (aged 70) |
| Occupation | Banker |
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| Position | Fullback |
| Class | 1893 |
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| Born: | (1871-07-02)July 2, 1871 Dartmouth, Massachusetts |
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| High school | Fall River, Exeter (1888) |
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Bernard Walton Trafford (July 2, 1871 – January 3, 1942) was an American banker and college football and baseball player.
Trafford was born July 2, 1871, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to William Bradford and Rachel Mott Davis Trafford.[1] He attended high school in Fall River, Massachusetts and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1889.[1] He graduated Harvard in 1893.[1]
He married Leonora Brooks Borden of Fall River on June 5, 1901.[1] She died in 1936. Upon Trafford's death in 1942, he was survived by four daughters, a son, and eight grandchildren.[1]
Trafford was a prominent fullback for the Harvard Crimson football team from 1889to1892,[2] captain of the 1891 and 1892 teams.[3][4][5][6] He kicked five field goals in a game against Cornellin1890, a season in which Harvard was national champion.[7] Trafford scored 64 points in a game against Wesleyan in 1891,[8][9] and led the nation in scoring that year with 270 points.[8] His teammate Everett Lake led the nation in touchdowns the same season. Trafford was captain of the first team to employ the flying wedge blocking scheme.[10] Trafford helped coach the 1893 team.[11] After college, he was employed at the Bell Telephone System, then as a banker in Boston.[12]
Trafford served as vice president of the First National Bank of Boston from 1912 to 1923, then became president in March 1928 upon the death of Clifton H. Dwinnell.[1] He served as vice chairman of the board from 1929 to 1935, and chairman from 1935 until his retirement.[1]
