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Lot 529:
Description
This is a framed historical panoramic photograph of the 1915 Youngstown Patricians football team, a prominent professional squad from the Ohio League era. The photograph commemorates the season in which the Patricians claimed the championship title, featuring the full team and staff in period uniforms and attire. The subjects are positioned in a single line on a dirt field in front of a grandstand packed with spectators. A central typed label at the bottom identifies the group as the Patrician Football Team, World Champion’s 1915. There are twenty-six individual typed identification labels corresponding to the figures shown. Notable personnel include Frank Cavanaugh, the College Football Hall of Fame coach known as the Iron Major, as well as manager Joe Omlor, assistant coach Ray Thomas, and secretary Leo Hankins. The identified players include F. Bruske, B. Boyd, J. Duvall, Gene Vanderback, John Bassett, Whitey Trexel, Whitey Abrahams, B. Jarvis, Ray Miller, John Eberhardt, Joe Wilkoff, Joe Fleming, Squirt Edwards, R. Johnson, Bob Kling, Ralph Funkhouser, J. Steele, A. Loos, Pat Tobin, G. Stivers, Curly Richards, and Turk Gillespie. The print is housed in a wooden frame with a blue mat.
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