Theodore Monroe McNair (February 24, 1858 – November 21, 1915) was a Presbyterian missionary and a college football and baseball player for the Princeton Tigers as a halfback and center fielder in the 19th century.[1][2][3][4][5][6] He played at the halfback position.[7][8] He was one of the stars of football's early years of collegiate play.[9]
| Princeton Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Halfback |
| Class | 1879 |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | February 24, 1858 Dansville, New York |
| Died: | November 21, 1915 (aged 57) Tokyo, Japan |
| Career history | |
| College | Princeton (1877–1879) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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McNair sent a photograph of an early Princeton baseball team playing Yale for a history book on the school's athletics program.[10] He visited Japan as a missionary.[11][12] He joined the faculty of Meiji Gakuin University.[13]
He was Scots-Irish and his ancestor came to America in 1738.[14]
References
edit- ^ Presbrey, Frank; Moffatt, James Hugh (1901). Athletics at Princeton. Frank Presbrey Company. p. 285 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Princeton Alumni Weekly". google.com. 1927.
- ^ Davis, Parke Hill (1917). "Football, the American Intercollegiate Game". google.com.
- ^ "The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Guide". google.com. 1920.
- ^ "Historical Reality National College Football Champions". wisc.edu.
- ^ Pérez, Salvador Larios (June 22, 2011). El Juego que el CAM jugaba...: Orígenes del Futbol Americano en EE.UU. y México (1869-1932). Palibrio. ISBN 9781463301613 – via Google Books.
- ^ Davis, Parke Hill (March 10, 1917). "Football, the American Intercollegiate Game". c. Scribner's sons – via Google Books.
- ^ Presbrey, Frank; Moffatt, James Hugh (March 10, 1901). Athletics at Princeton: A History. Frank Presbrey Company. p. 117 – via Internet Archive.
t.m. mcnair princeton baseball.
- ^ "Princeton Alumni Weekly". princeton alumni weekly. March 10, 1911 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Princeton Alumni Weekly". princeton alumni weekly. March 10, 1900 – via Google Books.
- ^ "McNair, McNear, and McNeir genealogies". Chicago, The author. 1923.
- ^ "Princeton Alumni Weekly". 1915.
- ^ Guthrie-Shimizu, Sayuri (2012). Transpacific Field of Dreams: How Baseball Linked the United States and Japan in Peace and War. Univ of North Carolina Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780807835623.
- ^ Crawford, Hannah Louise Macnair (1912). Maternal ancestry of Charles Whiting MacNair. p. 27.