“Football Players, circa 1953, photo 1,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed February 17, 2025, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/8931.
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Description
This image shows an unidentified member of the Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) Mountaineer football team, jumping on College Field at night. The image was during the early 1950s. A scoreboard can be seen in the background. College Field was located south of the Administration Building, built 1924, approximately where Rankin Science Hall was later built in 1963.
Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Mountaineers (football). Athletic Department
Place Names
College Field (n.d.)
Date Range
1950-1959
Series
Series 7 -- Athletics
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1623_2003_080_A.jpg
Sponsors
The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.
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