Football Players, 1953-54, Mac Smith, photo 3
 

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Citation

“Football Players, 1953-54, Mac Smith, photo 3,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 22, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/8948.


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Title

Football Players, 1953-54, Mac Smith, photo 3

Description

This image shows Mac Smith, sophomore member of the Mountaineer football team of 1953-54 at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967). Mac Smith died on July 2, 1954 of malaria contracted during the Korean War. College Field was located south of the Administration Building, built 1924, approximately where Rankin Science Hall was later built in 1963.

Subject

Athletics
Student Activities
Students
Appalachian State University

Source

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Box 5, Football, C14.1.4.5.

Publisher

University Archives, Appalachian State University

Date

1953-1954

Format

JPEG
Photographs

Language

English

Type

Image

Temporal Coverage

1950s

Corporate Names

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Mountaineers (football). Athletic Department

Place Names

College Field (n.d.)

Series

Series 7 -- Athletics

File name

1642_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.