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Princeton University's First Football Players

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John Green Weir (1849 - 1912)
Princeton Class of 1871.Obituary, Princeton Alumni Weekly, May 8, 1912: , The Owensboro (Kentucky) Messenger, 1 May 1912 - , Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky), 1 May 1912 -
Jerome Edward Sharp (1852 - 1928)
Princeton Class of 1870.
Hughes Oliphant (1850 - 1920)
Princeton Class of 1870. Years After, Class of '70 - about him, Trenton Evening Times, 16 Mar 1910 - , Evening Star (Washington, DC), 10 Mar 1920 -
Lee Hampton Nissley (1844 - 1912)
Princeton Class of 1870.Unmarried, no children.
Charles Joel Parker (1848 - 1917)
Princeton Class of 1870.Obituary: :

Genealogies of the 24 known members from Princeton's 1869 football team, which played the first intercollegiate football games (against Rutgers).