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Army Black Knights football
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The Army West Point Black Knights football team represents the United States Military Academy in college football. Army is currently a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision member of the NCAA, the Black Knights currently play their home games in West Point, New York at Michie Stadium, with a capacity of 38,000. Army is currently coached by Jeff Monken who is in his 3rd season as head coach, Army is a three time national champion, winning the title in 1944,1945, and 1946. With the exception of seven seasons where the team was a member of Conference USA, Army has competed as an independent, meaning that they have no affiliation with any conference. Currently, Army is one of four schools in the FBS that does not belong to any conference, however, all four of these schools belong to conferences for all other sports. Army is primarily a member of the Patriot League, BYU is a member of the West Coast Conference, Notre Dame belongs to the Atlantic Coast Conference, three players from Army have won the Heisman Trophy, Doc Blanchard, Glenn Davis, and Pete Dawkins. Armys football program began on November 29,1890, when Navy challenged the cadets to a game of the new sport. Navy defeated Army at West Point that year, but Army avenged the loss in Annapolis the following year, the academies still clash every December in what is traditionally the last regular-season Division I college-football game. The 2015 Army–Navy Game marked Armys fourteenth consecutive loss to Navy, from 1944 to 1950, the Cadets / Black Knights / the Corps had 57 wins,3 losses and 4 ties. During this time span, Army won three national championships, past NFL coaches Vince Lombardi and Bill Parcells were Army assistant coaches early in their careers. The football team plays its games at Michie Stadium, where the playing field is named after Earl Blaik. Cadets attendance is mandatory at football games and the Corps stands for the duration of the game, at all home games, one of the four regiments marches onto the field in formation before the team takes the field and leads the crowd in traditional Army cheers. For many years, Army teams were known as the Cadets, in the 1940s, several papers called the football team the Black Knights of the Hudson. From then on, Cadets and Black Knights were used interchangeably until 1999, between the 1998 and 2004 seasons, Armys football program was a member of Conference USA, but starting with the 2005 season Army reverted to its former independent status. Army competes with Navy and Air Force for the Commander-in-Chiefs Trophy, Michie Stadium is the home stadium of the Army Black Knights in West Point, New York, which was opened in 1924. The stadium is named after the first Army football head coach, in 1999 the field was renamed Blaik Field at Michie Stadium in honor of Former Coach Earl Blaik. Songs Alma Mater is the Armys school song, Armys fight song is On, Brave Old Army Team. Army also plays other organized cheers, Army Rocket Yell, Black, Gold, and Gray, mascot Armys mascot is Army Mules
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Edward Leonard King
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Edward Leonard King was an American football player and coach and officer in the United States Army. He played college football as the halfback at the United States Military Academy from 1894 to 1895, King was a career military officer who served in the Spanish–American War and World War I. He was the Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College from 1925 to 1929, King was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts in 1873 and entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1892. He played at the position for the Army Black Knights football team from 1894 to 1895. He was also selected captain of the Army football team in 1895, after graduating from West Point in 1896, King was commissioned as a lieutenant and served in the Spanish–American War. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for service in the Philippines in 1899 and his great personal bravery in disarming a hostile Filipino saved the life of a brother officer. In 1903, King returned to West Point and served one year as the coach of the Army football team. He led the team to a 6–2–1 record in the 1903 college football season and he also served in the Philippine–American War and served again in the Philippines from January 1910 through June 1912. In July 1916 he was promoted to Major of the cavalry, following the United States entry into World War I, King was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the National Army. He was the Chief of Staff of the 28th Infantry Division, known as the Keystoners, in Camp Hancock, Georgia and he arrived in Europe in May 1918 and was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in June 1918. He participated in the Marne offensive and counter-offensive starting July 15,1918 and he led the 65th Infantry in the battles of the Somme and Meuse-Argonne. He remained with the Army of Occupation in Luxemburg from December 1918 to April 1919 and returned to the United States in 1919. For his service in World War I, King received the Distinguished Service Medal, the citation for his Distinguished Service Medal stated, For exceptionally distinguished and meritorious service. He served with marked distinction as Chief of Staff of the 28th Infantry Division, from July 1925 to July 1929, Brigadier General King served as the Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He married his wife, Nancy Vose Sumner, in 1898, in December 1933, King died of a heart attack while on a hunt at Fort McPherson, Georgia. He was buried at West Point, edward Leonard King at the College Football Data Warehouse
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The Plain (West Point)
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The Plain is the parade field at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. The flat terrain of the Plain is in contrast to the varied, the Plain rises approximately 150 feet above the Hudson River and has been the site of the longest continually occupied US Army garrison in America since 1778. In its early years, the academy was located on the Plain and it was used for varying activities ranging from drill. Currently, the Plain refers to just the field where cadets perform ceremonial parades. The Plain in the days of the academy comprised approximately 40 acres of relatively flat ground rising approximately 150 feet above the Hudson River. It was not always the level and manicured parade ground that is seen today, before the development of the modern academy, the term The Plain referred to the relatively flat geographic area that the current academy occupies. It included the area where Fort Clinton was constructed, the term now specifically applies to the parade field. The Connecticut militia that first occupied West Point on 27 January 1778 encamped there during that harsh winter. That summer, construction began on Fort Arnold, later to be renamed Fort Clinton, the land was owned by a private citizen, a Mr. Stephen Moore of North Carolina. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton authorized the purchase of the land for $11,085 in 1790. In the early days of the academy, the Plain was used for purposes beyond its current use for ceremonial parades. From its earliest days until just after World War I, the Corps of Cadets spent their summers encamped on the Plain as part of their tactical field training. Semi-permanent tents were erected, hard-floor planking, and furniture and books were moved out to the campsite as the Cadets moved out of the barracks for the summer, Cadets practiced military drill and cavalry maneuvers on the Plains open areas. However, after the superintendency of Douglas MacArthur from 1919 to 1922, before the construction of Michie Stadium, the Army football team played their home games upon the Plain. For the first 100 years of the academy, there was a depression on the northern edge of the plain near trophy point. This area was known locally as Execution Hollow as reportedly military executions occurred there during the Revolutionary War period, the hollow remained until 1912, when it was filled in with soil excavated from the construction of Bartlett Hall. The area now is a grassy field between the Superintendents review stands, Clinton Field, and Battle Monument on Trophy point. The field contains a small putting green used by the Department of Physical Education for golf instruction, the Plain in present-day is used primarily for ceremonial parades, known at the academy as reviews
