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Location: Franklin Field, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. The Army-Navy Game was played at Franklin Field in 1910 - 12 and in 1914.

Looks like Navy won, 3-0. Franklin Field satellite view

More pictures of the game at www.usna.edu/LibExhibits/Archives/Armynavy/An1911.htm

While visiting my grandmother today and talking about the Super Bowl, she recalled the Army/Navy game of 1911. She was 5 years old and remembered that the Navy won. She told us of her father and her grandfather working in a factory with something called a ticker. There were no telephones and only one means of communication at the factory. This was available in the event there was an emergency to contact a doctor. Her father and grandfather went into the office to hear the news of the game. She said it was the game of the century! It is amazing how much she remember of those days. Even at 102 her mind is almost perfect and she is so much fun to talk to. She can remember every President and their name in order since the age of 5. It appears that from 5 years on she has pretty much total memory recall.

"SPECULATORS GET TICKETS.; Great Number for Army-Navy Game Are Offered at $10 Each. November 19, 1911, Sunday "PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Nov. 18. -- George Nitsche, who has charge of the distribution of tickets for the Army-Navy football game, was notified by the police this afternoon that local speculators had obtained large supplies of tickets for the game and are offering choice seats for sale at $10 each." [purchase price=$2.50] – New York Times, Section: Cable News, Wireless and Sporting Sections., Page C6

Penn Athletics lists a Stewart Harrington among its All-Time Penn Football Letterwinners. Stewart Harrington played for Penn in 1910-1912.

He looks 50 years old. Look how big that ball is compared to today's football. No wonder they didn't pass it much. It would be like passing the Goodyear Blimp.

Could this be a "R. C. Hill" from this photo (depicting the 1888 football team of the University of Pennsylvania)? www.archives.upenn.edu/histy/features/sports/football/180... (If this Hill indeed attended the university in 1888/1889, then the apparent age of the man on this 1913 photo fits. ) Who might be the "Robert C. Hill" who gave his name to the Hill College House - hill.house.upenn.edu/old_website/history.html

Here is the 1913 Penn Quakers roster: Walter Avery Guy Bloom Robert Bolger Donald Carter A. R. Crane William Griffith Edward Harris Robert Hill Albert Journeay W. Harold Kelly Frederick Koons Richard Marshall Thomas Merrell Chester Minds Lawrence Murdoch J. C. Peden Edward Russell Charles Seelbach Frank Tighe Van Horn Wolf Louis Young www.fanbase.com/Pennsylvania-Quakers-Football-1913/roster A 1918 obituary from the Pennsylvania Gazette, notes that Robert Brinton Hill, who had played for Penn in 1911, 1912 and 1913, had enlisted in the British Royal Flying Corps, and had died. "ACCORDING to newspaper reports Second Lieutenant Robert Brinton Hill, a graduate of the Towne Scientific School, class of 1914, has been killed by an accident in France. Lieutenant Hill was a member of the British Royal Flying Corps. He enlisted in Canada last August and went over-seas in December. No further details have been received concerning his death. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Everett Hill, of Orange, N. J. During his undergraduate days Lieutenant Hill was. a member of the Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was a member of the football squads in 1911, 1012 and 1913, and a member of the gymnastic team in 1912. After his graduation he became manager of the Bureau of Accident Prevention and Insurance for the Portland Cement Association in Chicago. He was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Chicago Council of the National Safety Council." books.google.com/books?id=wbvmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA882&l... It is likely that this picture is Robert B. Hill.

artolog: You're right, it does seem probable this is the same Hill. We will include his full name next time we update the description.

I added his to Wikidata: Robert Brinton Hill (1892-1918) www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97141566