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Freeport High School Football: 1913

1913

Players

Name Position
Fred Clark Quarterback
Howard Thomas Right End
Joseph Rigby Left End
Elmer Johnson Left Tackle
Morton Germond Left Guard
Alexander Rhodes Left Guard
Harold Goller Center
William Downs Right Guard
Arthur Keens Right Tackle
Stuart Cutler Full Back / Left End
George Mulcahy Half Back /Quarterback
Joseph Kelly Right Half Back
Dwyer Jones Left Tackle
Peter Elar Left Tackle
Herbert Seaman Left Guard
Robert Campbell Right Tackle
Garland Gaden Right Half Back
Howard Aldridge Fullback
Edward Meaney Left Half Back
Howard Thomas Right End
Jesse Smith Right Half Back
Edward Keogh Left Guard

 

Sources:

"Football." South Side Messenger. November 7, 1913, 5. Accessed July 20, 2023. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn96083504/1913-11-07/ed-1/seq-5/.

"Freeport School Items." Nassau County Review. October 10, 1913, 5. Accessed July 20, 2023. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071433/1913-10-10/ed-1/seq-5/.

Record

Freeport 0  Bay Ridge 26 (September 27, 1913)

FreeportBrooklyn Prep 13 (October 4, 1913)

Freeport Adelphi 32 (October 11, 1913)

Freeport 14  St. Sennard 0 (Date unknown)

Freeport* 7  Rockville Centre Wanderers 14 (Date unknown)

Freeport 0  Hamilton Institute 13 (November 1, 1913)

Freeport 31  St. John's Prep 7 (November 22, 1913)

*Team comprised of both students and graduates.  Games played on the field at Seaman Avenue School.

 

Sources:

"Football." South Side Messenger. November 7, 1913, 5. Accessed July 20, 2023. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn96083504/1913-11-07/ed-1/seq-5/.

"Football." South Side Messenger. November 26, 1913, 5. Accessed July 20 2023. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn96083504/1913-11-26/ed-1/seq-5/.

"Freeport School Items." Nassau County Review. October 10, 1913, 5. Accessed July 20, 2023. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071433/1913-10-10/ed-1/seq-5/.

The Student. October 1913.

Joseph Giannotti

Miscellaneous

Dwyer Jones, a former Colgate University player, was the coach.

Source:

"F.H.S. Football Practice." Nassau County Review. September 26, 1913, 1. Accessed July 20, 2023. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn95071433/1913-09-26/ed-1/seq-1/.

Joseph Rigby, the younger brother of Moxey Rigby, may have been the first African American to play for the Freeport High School football team in 1913.  Another Rigby is mentioned playing in 1911 but a first name is not given.

Many of the teams Freeport High School normally played, failed to produce a team for the 1913 season, including Hempstead and Rockville Centre. Freeport's losing season was blamed on having a young squad (ten of the players had graduated the year prior leaving only six veterans). 

Source:

The Student. December 1913.