1890 College Football All-America Team
The 1890 College Football All-America team was the second College Football All-America Team. The team was selected by Caspar Whitney and published in This Week's Sports.
Princeton end Ralph Warren suffered a mental breakdown after an 1891 loss to Yale.
Harvard tackle "Ma" Newell was run over by a railroad engine on Christmas Eve 1897.
Football's first protective face gear, "nose armor," was developed to protect Harvard's John Cranston.
Yale guard Pudge Heffelfinger became the first "professional" football player when he was paid a $500 bonus to play football.
Marshall "Ma" Newell was an American football player and coach, "beloved by all those who knew him" and nicknamed "Ma" for the guidance he gave younger athletes.
After his sudden and early death, Harvard University's Newell Boathouse was built in his memory.
He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.
Newell in 1898