Football 100 Years Ago

Video and photos of players hitting the college football and high school football playing fields 100 years ago. The HD photos and videos show life on the gridiron before ESPN was there to record the highlights.

The video includes film highlights from the 1903 Princeton vs. Yale football game and the 1903 Chicago vs. Michigan Football game.

All photographs are from the archives of Shorpy, courtesy of the Library of Congress. Video is from Thomas A. Edicon Inc., 1903, courtesy of the Library of Congress. Bethoven Symphony No. 9 and Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries courtesy of archive.org.

More historic high-definition football and sports photographs are available at Shorpy.com.

http://www.shorpy.com
http://www.shorpy.com/historical-sports-photos

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• football
• college
• gridiron
• yale
• michigan
• princeton
• chicago
• georgetown
• college football
• high school
• high school football
• vintage
• historic
• photos
• photographs
• film
• edison

[worldhistory2012]

I'll bet they cheated a lot back then, a time before most rules were invented esp. the rule changes of 1933. 

[AFFTL]

@tgabbycadabra What your over hundred years old.

[PurpleBIGMGG]

@headlesshessian76 Dude... the it was the AFL (now the nfl) and it has been around way longer than that

[Indian6464]

The field is marked in squares instead of just yard stripes,hench the term gridiron

[slayerownz2008]

where the refs wearing suits?

[headlesshessian76]

I think football was invented at yale?...the nfl started in ohio in 1920...cool! / @ milwaukee

[KleineJumbie]

American football is like ''I'm gonna kick you in the nuts!!!''

[tgabbycadabra]

After one hundred years, I still don't care for the sport. Very nice video, though. :-)