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1897 Maryland Aggies football team

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Conference
  
Independent

Head coach
  
John Lillibridge

1897 record
  
2–4

Captain
  
John Lillibridge

1897 Maryland Aggies football team

The 1897 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in the 1897 college football season. The team was led by second-year head coach Grenville Lewis.

Players

The letterwinners of the 1897 team were:

  • James Blandford, guard
  • William Bouscaren, halfback
  • Dorsey Cashell, guard
  • Grant C. Church, end
  • Sam Cooke, fullback
  • Charles Gibbons, halfback
  • Wade Hinebaugh, end
  • Frank Kenly, quarterback
  • John Lillibridge, end and captain-coach
  • Charles Ridgeley, tackle/fullback
  • James Shipley, center

    • Non-letterwinners:

  • Fred Bell, tackle
  • Vernon Rollins, tackle
  • Ed Speake, tackle
  • Bob Hildebrand, guard
  • Harry Stanford, guard
  • Hanson Mitchell, quarterback
  • Levin Dericksen, halfback
  • George Peterson, halfback

    • Manager:

  • John Mitchell

    • References

    1897 Maryland Aggies football team Wikipedia
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