WVU Football Captain Clay B. Hite, Morgantown, W. Va.

Identifier:

051775

Collection Number:

5097

Title:

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.

Subjects:

World War, 1914-1918--United States., Football--West Virginia--Morgantown., Football teams--West Virginia--Morgantown., College students--West Virginia--Morgantown., Football players--West Virginia--Morgantown., Soldiers--West Virginia--Morgantown., Soldiers--West Virginia--Huntington., WVU--Student Portraits--E-J.

Corporate Names:

West Virginia University., West Virginia University--Alumni and alumnae., West Virginia University--Football.

Geographic:

Huntington (W. Va.), Morgantown (W. Va.)

Acquisition Source:

Roberts, Donna T.

Acquisition Method:

Gift

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView