Frank Hallowell
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Frank Walton Hallowell was an All-American football player and coach. He played at the end position for the Harvard Crimson football team of Harvard University, and was twice selected as an All-Americ
Frank Hallowell
The 1890 All-America college football team was the second All-America college football team. The team was selected by Caspar Whitney and published in This Week's Sports.
Frank Hallowell
…prevent others from gaining it." Despite the criticism of his defense, Hallowell played well enough on offense to be picked as one of two ends on the 1890 College Football All-America Team. Before the start of the 1891 football season, The New York Times wrote of Hallowell: "Hallowell was the most promising of the new players last year…
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