Curley Byrd
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Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd was an American university administrator, educator, athlete, coach, and politician. Byrd began a long association with the University of Maryland as an undergraduate in 190
Byrd as President of the University of Maryland
Byrd as a senior at Maryland in 1908
Coach Byrd on the gridiron in 1918
The University of Maryland campus as it appeared in 1938 before the dramatic expansion engineered by President Byrd
The modern Maryland Terrapins football program representing the University of Maryland traces its lineage to the team first formed at what was then the Maryland Agricultural College in 1892. In the in
Maryland playing Johns Hopkins in 1919 during Curley Byrd's coaching tenure.
The first official Maryland Agricultural College football team in 1892
William W. Skinner, Maryland's first quarterback and head coach, played an integral role in the formation of the MIFA.
D. John Markey was Maryland's first paid football coach and also played on the team.