1917 Camp Grant football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1917 Camp Grant football Independent 2–1 Amos Alonzo Stagg & Fred J. Murphy 1st Whiting none The 1917 Camp Grant football team was an American football team that represented Camp Grant, located near Rockford, Illinois, during the 1917 fall football season. The team lost its game with Great Lakes Navy, but won its game against Camp Custer at Stagg Field in Chicago. Amos Alonzo Stagg and Fred J. Murphy, the head coaches at Chicago and Northwestern, coached the Camp Grant team in the week leading up to their game with Camp Custer. Fielding H. Yost of Michigan helped coach the Camp Custer team.Mentors Put Camp Grant Men In Shape The Rock Island Argus November 27, 1917 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22318427/mentors_put_camp_grant_men_in_shape/ Newspapers.com Stagg and Murphy were assisted by Lewis Omer and Major Gillesby.Grant Eleven In Good Condition: Officers' Team Shows Improvement Under Direction of Coaches Stagg and Murphy Rock Island Argus November 29, 1917 12 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22318677/grant_eleven_in_good_condition/ Newspapers.com Ring Lardner attended Camp Grant's game with Camp Custer and wrote a column describing the spectacle.In the Wake of the News Ring W. Lardner Chicago Tribune December 2, 1917 II-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22318962/ring_lardner_on_camp_grant_camp/ Newspapers.com Three Camp Grant players received recognition on the 1917 All-Service football team selected by Walter Camp for Collier's Weekly: end John Rasmussen, formerly of Nebraska, received first-team honors; halfback Fritz Shiverick, formerly of Cornell, received second-team honors; and tackle Zipper Lathrop, formerly of Notre Dame, received third-team honors from Camp.https://books.google.com/books?id=bZxCAQAAIAAJ&dq=All-America&pg=PA141 Collier's Weekly War and Football 60 32 January 5, 1918 Other notable players on the Camp Grant team included halfback Nelson Norgren of Chicago and tackle Perry Smith of Harvard. Schedule y y Rockford Athletic Club W 35-0 Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1918 1918 American Sports Publishing Co. 109 https://archive.org/stream/officialfootball19181nati#page/109/mode/1up November 17 Great Lakes Navy Kishwaukee Park Rockford, IL L 6-9 Jackies Defeat Camp Grant Men on Gridiron, 9-6 Chicago Tribune Parke Brown November 18, 1917 II-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22304612/jackies_defeat_camp_grant_men_on/ Newspapers.com December 1 vs Camp Custer Stagg Field Chicago, IL W 14-13 15,000 Grant Goes Over Top Against Custer Chicago Tribune December 2, 1917 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22293811/grant_goes_over_top_against_custer/ Newspapers.com References Camp Grant Category:Camp Grant Warriors football seasons Camp Grant football