Alton Marsters

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Alton Marsters
Dartmouth Big Green
Position Halfback
Class1930
Career history
College Dartmouth (19271929)
High school Arlington
Career highlights and awards

Alton Marsters was an All-America college football running back at Dartmouth. [1] He was known as "special delivery." [2] Herman Olcott wrote him a letter on his deathbed. [3]

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References

  1. "Praise for Marsters". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-14.
  2. Shribman, David; Degange, Jack (2004). Dartmouth College Football: Green Fields of Autumn. ISBN   9780738536118.
  3. "Ex-Yale Star, from Deathbed, Sends Marsters a Letter". Chicago Tribune. November 5, 1929. p. 24.