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McGill University senior football team, including James Naismith (seated, far left)
Photograph, print mounted on card
Inscribed verso with players’ names, including J. Naismith, Arts 88.
Accession: 0000-0090.04.27 Department of Physical…

McGill University football team, including James Naismith (middle row, far right). Inscribed on verso: #25 McGill Football Team, which played against Varsity in Toronto, November 7th, 1885

McGill University football team, including James Naismith (middle row, far right)
Inscribed verso in pen and ink: MCGILL FOOTBALL TEAM which played against VARSITY in TORONTO, November 7th, 1885.
Inscribed verso with players names, including James…

McGill University football team, including James Naismith (back row, far right)

Two short-lived traditions at the University were festivities centered on May Day. According to Robert Taft in his book The Years on Mount Oread, the Maypole scrap between freshman and sophomores first occurred May 1, 1891. This riotous and often…