Harry Beecher

Harry Beecher
Beecher c. 1888
Yale Bulldogs
PositionQuarterback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:(1868-09-13)September 13, 1868
Peekskill, New York, U.S.
Died:(1948-09-26)September 26, 1948
Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
Career history
CollegeYale (1884–1887)
Career highlights and awards
  • National championship (1886, 1887)

Henry Ward Beecher (September 13, 1868 – September 26, 1948) was a college football player and sportswriter.[1] He was the subject of the first American football card, printed in 1888.

Henry was son of Henry Barton and Harriet Jones Benedict Beecher. His paternal grandfather was Henry Ward Beecher and one of his paternal great-aunts was Harriet Beecher Stowe. He graduated from Yale University in 1888.

  1. ^ Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide. 1905. p. 67. ISBN 9780944786796.