Guest Andrea Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Hopefully there are some of you sports fanatics that can help me find something. It ain't gonna be easy. ( Or maybe it is...I just don't know where else to look) I need the roster for the 1910 Florida Gators. (FOOTBALL) I've looked everywhere I can think of on the internet. Any ideas?????:confused::confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Turtle Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 what sport? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Sorry, football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Andrea you might want to check this out ... http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/archome/1911.htm it may explain why you can't find what you need ... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I bought my husband a book entitled "University of Florida Football Vault---The History of the Florida Gators" They have been playing since 1903. There is a picture of the championship team from 1910. Earle "Dummy" Taylor is seated in the middle holding the football. 3 players over to his left is a guy who looks EXACTLY like my husband. It is SCARY!!!!! My kids were amazed and so was my husband. We just wanna know his name. And that seems to be an impossibility ( on the internet) . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Turtle Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 maybe, there were 15 players on the 1910 team Earle (dummy) Taylor was the Captain/halfback in 1910 Neal (Bo Gator) Sorter was also on the team and was one of 8 players on 1910 roster to have malaria while attending there. Neal was captain in 1911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Turtle Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Have you tried newspaper archives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 No I haven't. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I found this .. Technically speaking, there were no Florida Gators in 1910. The alligator was not accepted as the nickname for the varsity teams until 1911. There was, however, a student organization called the Bo Gator Club that came into existence in 1907. The leader of the club was the Chief Bo Gator, Neal S. Storter of Everglades City, who was also the center and captain of the 1911 football team. The Gator nickname probably derives from Storter's Bo Gators, although other explanations have been given. The varsity teams practiced on a hard field full of sandspurs, roots, and even a tree stump. Few football games were played there, though. Instead, games were usually played in Jacksonville before improvements were made to the athletic field. The field was later named after Frank Fleming, a member of the Board of Control. Fleming Field was used until 1930 when Florida Field (now Ben Hill Griffith Stadium) opened. The 1910 football team was led by Captain Earle "Dummy" Taylor. For the first time in its brief history, the team played more out of state opponents than in-state. The only defeat that year was to Mercer College of Macon, Georgia. Mercer was Florida's first sports rival, and games with the Mercer Bears were routinely scheduled in all sports throughout the 1910s and 1920s. The 1911 football team was even more successful than the 1910 team. Taylor had his best year and, along with Captain Bo Gator Storter, led the team to a 5-0-1 record. In 1912, Florida joined the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the schedules became much tougher. Still, the Gators managed winning seasons in seven out of nine seasons in the 1910s. http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/SPEC/archome/1910.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Wow, I didn't know this was gonna be this hard. I guess I am gonna have to track down someone who graduated from there since only alumni can access alumni records.:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Wish I could help ya!!!!! But this has been pretty darn interesting to read, I'd like to read that book HINT HINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Wish I could help ya!!!!! But this has been pretty darn interesting to read, I'd like to read that book HINT HINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!! It's a very big hardcover book. Cost $35 at Wally World. Full of memorabilia and pictures and souvenirs. It's the neatest thing I have found pertaining to the FL. Gators. They had one for Alabama's football team too. So I'm wondering if they made these types for all colleges football teams.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Wow, I didn't know this was gonna be this hard. I guess I am gonna have to track down someone who graduated from there since only alumni can access alumni records.:( I have a buddy who graduated from there... I'll see if he can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I have a buddy who graduated from there... I'll see if he can help. I have one too but he's out of the country right now on business. Thanks!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSGB Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 It's a very big hardcover book. Cost $35 at Wally World. Full of memorabilia and pictures and souvenirs. It's the neatest thing I have found pertaining to the FL. Gators. They had one for Alabama's football team too. So I'm wondering if they made these types for all colleges football teams.... Yep, my wife's grandfather got one for Christmas. Of course, it was for the Georgia Bulldogs. In their first game, Georgia defeated Mercer 50-0 in Athens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAhunter14 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 just become a Penn state fan:D:D:D JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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