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1913

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TVL1970 said:
Benjamin F. Hoge, Captain of the 1913 Army Football team. Unable to find anyone by the name of "Byrne" on the 1913 USMA Football roster.
Wystan said:
Captain Hoge, solo: Another Bain/LOC photo from this occasion: And another:
Wystan said:
LOC -- you have mis-titled the photo "Capt. Hodge," but his name was Hoge, as Bain gives it.
Arden said:
TVL1970: Thank you for the information on Capt. Hoge. Wystan--We appreciate the connection of this image to the additional photos.
TVL1970 said:
Finally solved the mystery of "Byrne" in the photo. He is Louis T. Byrne (USMA Class of 1914), younger brother of Eugene A. Byrne. USMA Cadet Eugene A. Byrne died as a result of a broken back and paralysis he sustained in an October 1909 football game between West Point and Harvard. Army canceled the remainder of its 1909 football season after Cadet Byrne's death.

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In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
Do you think he could make the team today? Come to think of it, Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was a kicker on the 1915 Army team probably was not much bigger.
Wystan said:
He weighed only 165 pounds. In 1913, Benjamin F. Hoge was captain of the football team at the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. Here he is again, with another player: New York Times story, December 7, 1912: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9B01E0DC1E3AE6...
Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
Wystan: Thanks for the information on Capt. Hoge. We will add to the record when we update.
TVL1970 said:
Given the discrepancy in resemblance (or lack thereof) between the Hoge photos, I suspect this is not Benjamin F. Hoge (USMA Class of 1914), but his younger brother, William M. Hoge, Jr. (USMA Class of 1916). Both were on the Army football team in the fall of 1913.
lhoge said:
I am a granddaughter of Benjamin F. Hoge, USMA '14. I would like to correct an error that is reported here. Capt. Hoge's full name was Benjamin FIERY Hoge. As far as that 2nd photo is concerned, it is not Ben. It looks nothing like him! I have the photo of the Army '13 team, taken after their defeat over Navy. My grandfather holds the football, which has been inscribed "Army 22 Navy 7" It is a treasure. As an aside, his son, Benjamin Whiting Hoge survives him, his 2 daughters are deceased. Col. Hoge died in 1985, in Alexandria, VA.