Tim Callahan (American football)
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| Date of birth | March 29, 1895 |
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| Place of birth | Lawrence, Massachusetts |
| Date of death | unknown |
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| Position(s) | Guard |
| College | Yale University |
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| 1916, 1919–1920 | Yale Bulldogs |
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John Timothy Callahan (March 29, 1895[1] – ?) was an American football player. He attended preparatory school at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and then enrolled at Yale University.[2] He played college football at the guard position for the Yale Bulldogs in 1916 and 1919 to 1920, and was a consensus first-team selection on the 1920 College Football All-America Team.[3] His education at Yale was interrupted during World War I by service as a pilot in the Naval Aviation Corps. He was stationed at Newport, Rhode Island, and later in South America, before being discharged in 1919.[4][5] Callahan was captain of the 1920 Yale Bulldogs football team while his brother Henry "Mike" Callahan was captain of the 1920 Princeton Tigers football team.[6]
References
- ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. John Timothy Callahan, born March 29, 1895, at Lawrence, Mass. Serving in the Naval Reserve at Newport, R.I.
- ↑ "Notable Alumni". Phillips Academy. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
- ↑ History of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor. 1920. pp. 58–59.
- ↑ "Old Schoolboy Companions Contend on Rival Elevens". The Harvard Crimson. November 22, 1919.
- ↑ "Callahan Brothers to Lead Princeton and Yale Elevens". The New York Times. December 4, 1919.