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Yale Varsity line-up (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 6 older comments, and then…
• skillful north said:

  Where is the jock strap when you need one?

• Highfalutin Structure said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Skinny Shirtless Guys, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• swanq said:

  See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162694217/ for another picture of this crew at same time and place.

• Kilted Cowboy said:

  boy this one took some hunting but I think we can identify the men
  
  this photo is listed as "June 22, 1911. Yale rowing team" at shorpy.com but it doesn't say why, however, if it is accurate, and it could be because this would be the time they were in Oxford UK for the annual regatta and might present a photo op.
  The NYT article 4 days before this date lists the postions as follows: (I included some interesting details I uncovered while searching too)
  
  8 Abiel A. Low, Jr (famous father and grandfather)
  7 Dixon Van Blarcom (studied Finance)
  6 Jesse Philbin (skull and bones!)
  5 Radcliffe Romeyn listed as crew captain in Dec 1911
  4 R S Tucker
  3 Jim Scully Jr (all american football 1911)
  2 J W Field Yale football coach the next year
  1 Elliot P Frost team captain
  query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B02E0D71031E2...
  
  which also matches perfectly with this photo from the Yale archives of this same crew on the Thames for this event
  images.library.yale.edu/madid/oneItem.aspx?id=1771142&... crew&q1=&q2=&qc1=&qc2=&qf1=&qf2=&qn=&qo=&qm=15&qs=16&sid=&qx=

• lopsided hour said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Speedo Guys and action shots, and we'd love to have this added to the group!