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Harry Thayer (American football)

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Class
  
Graduate

Name
  
Harry Thayer


Role
  
American football player

Positions
  
Fullback, Halfback

Harry Thayer (American football)

Date of birth
  
(1873-12-31)December 31, 1873

Place of birth
  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date of death
  
August 4, 1936(1936-08-04) (aged 62)

Place of death
  
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania

Died
  
August 4, 1936, Bryn Mawr, Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, United States

College
  
Penn Quakers football (1891–1892)

Harry Chapman Thayer (December 31, 1873 – August 4, 1936) was an All-American football player. He played halfback and fullback for the Penn Quakers football team of the University of Pennsylvania from 1891 to 1892, and was chosen for the 1892 College Football All-America Team. After playing fullback for Penn in 1891, Thayer completed his undergraduate studies. He returned to Penn in the fall of 1892 as a post-graduate student at the Wharton School of Business. It was during his post-graduate work the Thayer was selected as an All-American.

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