1896 Maryland Aggies football team

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Conference Independent Head coach Grenville Lewis		1896 record 6–2–2 Captain Grenville Lewis

The 1896 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1896 college football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Grenville Lewis and finished with a 6–2–2 record.

Personnel

The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:

Charlie Gibbons, end

John Lillibridge, end

F. H. Peters, end

Albert Talty, end

Fred Bell, tackle

Bill Gardner, tackle

Reeder Gough, tackle

Harry Heward, tackle

Bert Nelligan, tackle

Charles Calvert, guard

Wade Hinebaugh, guard

Herbert Owen, guard

Charles Queen, guard

Charles Ridgely, guard

Butch Carver, center

Franklin Sherman, center

Pete Duffy, quarterback

Frank Kenly, quarterback

Hanson Mitchell, quarterback

Charles Cabrera, halfback

Bill Gorsuch, halfback

Bert Nelligan, halfback

Ben Watkins, halfback

Grenville Lewis, fullback, captain-coach

Manager:

Albert Gill

References

1896 Maryland Aggies football team Wikipedia

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