"First Football Team, WVU; lost to W & J at Morgantown 1891-92, the first and only intercollegiate game in 1891-92. S. steps of "Prep." Bldg. Top row L. to R.; 1 Wm. C. Meyer, Mgr., 2 A. Brown Smith, 3 Wm. G. Swaney, 4 Gory Hogg, 5 Alpheus Edw. Boyd, 6 Sam'l R. Jenkins. Second row, 1 Geo. Henry A Kunst, 2 Andrew Price, 3 J.W. Hughes, 4 R.F. Bivens, 5 John Thomas Holbert, B.S.C.E. '92. On the ground, 1 N.B. Blake, 2 Geo. M. Ford, A.B. 1892"
WVU Football Captain Clay B. Hite, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Hite ('18) was a halfback for West Virginia University's Mountaineer football team. During the 1917 season, Hite enlisted in the First Officers Training Camp after the United States declared war and was commissioned as a lieutenant. In his absence, the team elected Russell Bailey as the captain of the team. Russell came to WVU from Huntington High and was well-known as an excellent athlete.
WVU Football Captain Russell Bailey, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Russell "Rus" Bailey ('19) was elected captain of the West Virginia University Mountaineers after the original captain, Clay Hite, enlisted in the army. Bailey led his team to a winning season in 1917, with a season record of 6-3.
WVU Football Player Fred Mills, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Fred "Ike" Mills ('20) played an end position for West Virginia University's football team. He came to WVU from Keyser Prep, where he had won himself a name as a backfield man. Shortly after the 1917 season, Mills enlisted in the military.
WVU Football Player Joseph V. Harrick, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
Joe Harrick ('21) played as a tackle for the West Virginia University Mountaineers and was described as one of the "greatest linesmen that ever wore the Old Gold and Blue" in the 1919 Monticola yearbook.