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
The Harvard Crimson football program represents Harvard University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision. Harvard's football program is one of the oldest in the world, having begun competing in the sport in 1873. The Crimson has a legacy that includes 13 national championships and 20 College Football Hall of Fame inductees, including the first African-American college football player William H. Lewis, Huntington "Tack" Hardwick, Barry Wood, Percy Haughton, and Eddie Mahan. Harvard is the tenth winningest team in NCAA Division I football history.
A moment of the third Harvard vs. McGill game, played in October 1874
Ralph Horween played for the unbeaten Harvard Crimson football teams of 1919 and 1920
Harvard players in 2019
Current Harvard head coach Tim Murphy on board the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in May 2010