Henry Twombly

Henry Bancroft "Deac" Twombly (November 10, 1862 – ?) was a college football player and lawyer.[1] He invented quarterback signals.[2]

Henry Twombly
Yale Bulldogs
PositionQuarterback
Career history
CollegeYale (1881–1883)
High schoolBoston Latin
Personal information
Born:(1862-11-10)November 10, 1862
Albany, New York
Career highlights and awards
  • National championship (1882)

Yale University

Twombly was a prominent quarterback for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University.[3][4][5] He helped lead Yale to a 21–0–1 record over three seasons.[6] Walter Camp was in the same backfield.[7]

gollark: Not much thought.
gollark: Which bots could also do pretty easily.
gollark: I mean, *it* just encouraged listening for pings by popular meme creators, then blindly investing 100% of your money.
gollark: The old system was bad in its own ways.
gollark: Possibly, but only because the new one is especially bad.

References
  1. History. p. 316.
  2. http://qbcentric.com/featured-articles/1882-harry-twombly-calls-the-play/
  3. "Guide to the Harry T. Hamilton Class of 1904".
  4. "1882: Harry Twombly Calls The Play".
  5. "A Game With A Ball and a Foot". Archived from the original on 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2015-05-01.
  6. Sam Rubin. Yale Football. p. 15.
  7. "Grantland Rice Says..." The Pittsburgh Press. November 1, 1952.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.