1884 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1884 Princeton Tigers football team represented the College of New Jersey, then more commonly known as Princeton College, in the 1884 college football season. The Tigers finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named national champions by the Billingsley Report and co-champions by Parke H. Davis. This season marked Princeton's 12th football national championship. Clinton N. Bird was the team captain.
1884 Princeton Tigers football team
Parke Hill Davis was an American football player, coach, and historian.
Davis, c. 1895
Davis (top right) and his Lafayette football team of 1896. Thirty-seven years later, as the sport's pre-eminent historian, Davis would honor his team as co-national champions.
Lafayette on defense in its 6–4 upset victory over Penn on October 24, 1896, at Franklin Field in Philadelphia
Davis' All-America players: George B. Walbridge (left, 3rd Team 1897 All-America back, chosen by Walter Camp). Walbridge was right half-back and captain of Lafayette's 1896 team. He went on to graduate from Cornell University in 1900. In 1916, he co-founded Walbridge Aldinger, which became one of the largest construction companies in the United States. In 2008, the company changed its name to simply "Walbridge." Charles R. Rinehart (right, 1896 All-America guard
