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Left to Right: Jack O'Hearn, Captain;  E. W. Kleinert. John "Jack" Ewing O'Hearn (1893-1977), Class (President) of 1915, (Number 1) played Left End and was Captain of Cornell University football, and E. W. Kleinert, Class of 1916, (Number 28) played Full Back in this game against Brown University, October 24, 1914 at the Polo Grounds (Brush Stadium) in New York. Cornell clobbered defeated Brown 28 - 7. — [1] From the College Football Hall of Fame: "Rugged, rapid afoot and possessing uncanny pass-catching talents, Jack O' Hearn was an end on one of the most potent Cornell teams of football's Pioneer Era. O'Hearn enjoyed stardom through three varsity seasons. He was the Big Red captain in 1914, a year in which Cornell broke from mediocrity into gridiron greatness. O'Hearn was named All-America by Walter Camp that season ... " Jack O'Hearn played in the National Football League (NFL) in 1920 with the Cleveland Tigers and in 1921 with the Buffalo All-Americans. Little to no information seems to be available for E. W. Kleinert.

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William Cameron "Gib" Cool, (1894-1933), Class of 1916, played Center (Number 4) for Cornell University football, in this game against Brown University, October 24, 1914, at the Polo Grounds (Brush Stadium) in New York. Cornell toppled defeated Brown 28 - 7. Cool was selected as an All-American after his senior year in 1915. He was inducted [posthumously] into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981. After graduation from Cornell, Cool coached the University of Tennessee football team for one year. During World War I, Cool enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving as an instructor in the School of Fire at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. — [1] [2] [3]

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