Nelson Rockefeller was a starting right fullback for Dartmouth’s varsity soccer team in 1928 and ’29. The Indians concluded the season with a 4W-3L-1D record with a 5-0 victory over Northeastern at Hanover, N.H., on Nov. 24, 1929. [Read more…] about Dec. 17, 1929 – Nelson D. Rockefeller (Dartmouth fullback) wedding announced
Yale blanked Columbia in the Bulldogs’ inaugural football game: “… the game resembled a soccer match with twenty players on a side … Tommy Sherman booted the first Yale goal and Lew Irwin kicked the other two.” [Read more…] about Nov. 16, 1872 – Yale 3:0 Columbia, Yale’s inaugural game, Hamilton Park, New Haven, Conn. (Att.: 500)
Yale’s McNulty opened the scoring late in the opening half. Penn equalized, then took the lead on Capt. Wood’s penalty kick and a goal by Marsh. Yale recovered as Congdon, O’Sullivan, Hart and Jennings scored “in record time.”
A week later, on Saturday, April 11, 1908, Yale took a 1-0 win over Harvard in the final game of the season at Soldiers Field. Jennings converted a wind-aided goal in the early going and Yale outplayed the Crimson for most of the match, according to the Boston Globe account. [Read more…] about April 4, 1908 – Yale 5:2 Penn