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Haverford Fords football
First season1879
LocationHaverford, Pennsylvania
RivalriesSwarthmore
ColorsRed and Black

The Haverford Fords football team represented Haverford Collegeincollege football. The team started in 1879, just the third school in Pennsylvania to field a football team.[1][2] The team was rivals with Swarthmore.[3][4] The 1894 game claims to have the first "action shot" photograph of a game.[5] College athletic director James Babbitt was an important figure in the 1905 rules negotiations that brought the forward pass, 10-yard first down and other innovations into the game.[6]

Haverford no longer has a team. The school ended the football program in 1972.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Lack of Players Cancels Football at Haverford". The New York Times. September 15, 1972.
  • ^ https://tripod.swarthmore.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=01TRI_INST:SC&search_scope=SC_All&tab=Everything&docid=alma991012377669704921
  • ^ "HAVERFORD IS VICTORIOUS.; Conquers Its Ancient Rival, Swarthmore, by 10 to 7". The New York Times. November 26, 1916.
  • ^ "Long lost football team recalled by its star lineman". 17 April 2021.
  • ^ "Haverford Vs. Swarthmore 1894 - First Known Action Shot Of A College Football Game". June 29, 2021.
  • ^ Fichman, Michael (Fall 2012). "Football Furor". The Magazine of Haverford College. p. 13. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  • ^ "FRONTLINE: Retrospect". 10 July 2008.

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