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The 1903 Columbia-Penn Checkerboard

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The 1903 Columbia-Penn Checkerboard

One of these days, I will put together a list of my ten favorite football images. This shot of the 1903 Pennsylvania-Columbia game at the Polo Grounds will be among them because it communicates so much about football at the time. Played at the third version of the Polo Grounds, 10,000 people attended the game, with most arriving via the subway cars seen just beyond the stands on the far side of the field. Another several hundred people watch the game from Coogan’s Bluff. They are at the top of — www.footballarchaeology.com

Timothy P Brown takes us back in time once again, this time to the 1903 season and the Polo Grounds checkerboard football field in October for the Penn - Columbia game. Tim shares some great photos of the field with some informative insights. An excellent piece of football field history.

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