Joseph Gilman (tackle)

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Joseph Gilman
Harvard Crimson
Position Tackle
Personal information
Born: Honolulu, Hawaii in 1891
Career history
College Harvard (1915)
Career highlights and awards

Joseph Atherton Gilman was an All-American football player at Harvard University. [1] [2] A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Gilman attended Exeter before enrolling at Harvard. [3] As a freshman, Gilman played on Harvard's freshman football team in 1912, and varsity in 1913. [4] In his third year at Harvard, he was declared ineligible due to poor academic performance. [5] He returned to Harvard in 1915 and "came through in a marvelously gritty manner, winning his old position at tackle back and eventually winning the choice on all the leading selections for All-American tackles." [5] Gilman was the first football player from Hawaii to be named as an All-American. [6] In December 1915, as a reward for his "plucky comeback," [5] Gilman was voted by his teammates as captain of Harvard's 1916 football team. [7] [8] In March 1916, after being selected as captain, Gilman was expelled by Harvard's Administrative Board due to poor academic performance. [9] He died in Honolulu in 1983.

Ancestry

His grandfather was Henry D Gilman of Connecticut. His grandmother, Sarah Atherton [10] was the sister of Joseph Ballard Atherton, who relocated to Honolulu from Readville, Massachusetts in 1875. His father, Joseph A. Gilman (1864-1936) was a Honolulu shipping and commission merchant [11] who was active in the real estate business in Honolulu, and who died in Berkeley, California.

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References

  1. ↑ "High Praise for Atherton Gilman". Honolulu Star Bulletin, November 25. 1913.
  2. ↑ "Gilman elected Harvard Captain (portrait)". Boston Post, December 11. 1915.
  3. ↑ "Atherton Gilman Home for Visit". Honolulu Star Bulletin, December 21. 1916.
  4. ↑ "Gilman elected Harvard Captain (bio)". Boston Post, December 11. 1915.
  5. 1 2 3 "Harvard Drops Capt. Gilman and Two Other Football Stars Because of Poor Standing". The Evening Times (Pawtucket). 1916-03-08.
  6. ↑ Lyle Brown (1952-08-04). "Sports Quiz". Fresno Bee Republican.
  7. ↑ "Gilman Harvard Captain". New York Times, December 11. 1915.
  8. ↑ "Chosen Crimson Chief: Gilman Elected Captain of Harvard Football Team". The State. 1915-12-11.
  9. ↑ "Harvard Drops Football Stars, Down in Studies: Capt.-Elect Gilman, Enwright and Boles Must Quit College". Boston Morning Journal. 1916-03-08.
  10. ↑ "One Name Study".
  11. ↑ "Joseph A. Gilman Snr".


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