1897 École des Beaux-Arts vs. Académie Julian football game

The 1897 École des Beaux-Arts vs. Académie Julian football game was a college football game between American students of the École des Beaux-Arts and the Académie Julian, played on Thanksgiving Day November 25, 1897 at 2:30 pm in Levallois near Paris, France. Considered the first American football game ever played in Europe.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} The game was promoted by Robert D. Farquhar and was played on the grounds owned by the Racing Club de France.^[7]

The Teams

The teams were to consist of American students, mostly architects, lived in Paris.

• Robert D. Farquhar, Harvard, '94, quarterback and captain;
• Joseph Howland Hunt, Harvard, '93, center;
• H. G. Acken, Columbia, '94, left guard;
• Charles Merrick Gay, Harvard, '93, right tackle;
• Samuel Lendall Pitts, Harvard, '97, left end;
• Édouard Frère Champney, Harvard, '96, right end;
• John Harleston Parker, Harvard, '93, right halfback;
• Howard P. Greenley, Trinity, '94, left halfback;
• George Richmond Fearing, Harvard, '93, fullback;
• John S. Humphries, Technology, '95, quarterback and captain;
• Louis Warren Pulsifer, Columbia, '91, right guard;
• Paul Armon Davis III, Penn, '94, left guard;
• Robert Gray Dodge, Harvard, '93, right tackle;
• Kenneth MacKenzie Murchison, Columbia, 94, left tackle;
• J. H. Lee, Yale, '95, right end;
• H. B. Hartshorn, New York, left end;
• Francke Huntington Bosworth, Yale, '97, right halfback;
• Arthur Brown, Jr., University of California, '96, left halfback,
• John P. Bakewell, Jr., University of California, '95, fullback.^[8]

See also

• List of historically significant college football games

References