Wallace Winter
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Winter pictured in The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide, 1893 | |
| Yale Bulldogs | |
|---|---|
| Position | Tackle |
| Class | Graduate |
| Career history | |
| College | Yale (1890–1892) |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | August 8, 1872 |
| Place of birth | Hudson, Wisconsin |
| Date of death | May 10, 1947 (aged 74) |
| Place of death | Chicago, Illinois |
| Career highlights and awards | |
|
All-American | |
Wallace Charles Winter, Sr. (August 8, 1872 – May 10, 1947)[1] was an All-American football player. He played tackle for Yale University from 1890–1892 and was selected to the 1891 College Football All-America Team.
After graduating from Yale, Winter became a competitive golfer.[2]
Winters's son, Wallace C. Winter, Jr., was also a back for the Yale football team, but quit the team to serve as an aviator in France during World War I.[3] The younger Winter was killed in action in March 1918 while flying behind enemy lines in Germany.[4] Winter had earlier been reported missing, but survived that episode to receive the Croix de Guerre in Feb 1917.[5]
References
- ↑
- ↑ http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/AmericanGolfer/1913/ag104m.pdf
- ↑ "War Cross for Former Yale Back" (PDF). The New York Times. 1918-02-19.
- ↑ "War's Toll of American Officers in First Year; Twenty-seven Killed in France or Lost in Naval Fighting Zone Since Last April, While Many Others Have Died in Training at Home" (PDF). The New York Times. 1918-03-24.
- ↑ "U.S. Airman May Still Be Alive". Tyrone Daily Herald. 1918-03-30.
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