PARRISH BUSINESS COLLEGE

FOOTBALL HEROES

OF

1911

DONATED BY : DENNIS DOVER

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FOOTBALL HEROES OF 1911 FROM PARRISH BUSINESS COLLEGE WHICH WAS LOCATED IN PARAGOULD BEFORE ESTABLISHED IN JONESBORO.

TEAM MEMBERS READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT TOP ROW : FRANK CROWELL, ELMER BERRY , GENE NEWSOME , A.M. HARDIN , HAYS PORTER . MIDDLE ROW : FRANK JOHNSON , FRANK LEGGITT , BABE DOVER , SAM McDANIEL . BOTTOM ROW : BO MARTIN , BUCH BARRON , AND CLARENCE DOVER .

NOTE THE GUARDS HUNG ON A STRAP AROUND THE NECK OF HAYS PORTER { ALSO ABUNDANCE OF HAIR ON HEAD } AND FIRST TWO PLAYERS FROM LEFT IN MIDDLE ROW. THE NOSE GUARD WAS WORN AROUND THE HEAD WITH AN ELASTIC BAND TO KEEP IT IN PLACE. THESE GADGETS WERE PERFORATED TO ADMIT AIR WHEN THE PLAYER'S FACE WAS BURIED IN THE SOD.

ANOTHER INTERESTING FEATURE OF THE 1911 FOOTBALL GARB IS THE APPEARANCE OF SHOULDER PADS , AS SHOWN ON THE TWO PLAYERS IN TOP ROW. HOWEVER , THE PADDING IN 1911 WAS WORN ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE UNIFORM , EVEN THIGH PADS HAD NOT YET GONE INSIDE; IN THIS CASE WE DON'T HAVE RECORDS OF GAMES PLAYED , BUT WE DO KNOW TH P ON SAM McDANIEL'S CHEST STANDS FOR PARRISH AND NOT PARAGOULD.