1911 WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON COLLEGE FOOTBALL VS NAVY RIBBON + NEWS CLIPPING

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109 YEAR OLD WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSOM COLLECTIBLE FEATURING A 8" X 2" BLUE RIBBON WITH GOLD LETTERING.  WITH BLUE BACKGROUND THE GOLD HAS "NAVY VS WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON///OCT 14, 1911"  COMES WITH A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING FROM THE GAME.  RIBBON IS READABLE WITH FADING COMES IN A HARD PLASTIC TOPLOADER.   FROM A COLLECTION OF SPORTS MEMORABILIA DATING FROM 1894-1923.  WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON WAS A SPORTS POWERHOUSE FROM 1890-1929 APPEARING IN THE 1922 ROSE BOWL AFTER AN UNDEFEATED FOOTBALL SEASON AND PLAYING THE UNDEFEATED CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS TO A 0-0 TIE AND CLAIMING PART OF THE 1921 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER COACH GREASY NEALE.  WASHINGTON  AND JEFFERSON BEAT PITT, SYRACUSE AND OTHERS THAT YEAR.  W& J WOULD REGULARLY BEAT PITT, WVU AND PENN STATE IN ALL SPORTS.  IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL, THEY WERE THE FIRST TEAM EVER TO WEAR #S ON THEIR UNIFORMS, THE LAST TEAM TO PLAY 11 PLAYERS BOTH WAYS FOR AN ENTIRE GAME(1922 ROSE BOWL), THE FIRST TO START A BLACK QUARTERBACK(1922 ROSE BOWL), AND COUNT AMONG THEIR PLAYERS THE FIRST EVER OPENLY PROFESSIONAL PLAYER---JOHN BRAILEE.  FATS HENRY (PRO FOOTBALL HOF) AND DEACON TOWLER BOTH PLAYED FOR THE PRESIDENTS.
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