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1914 Massanutten Academy Football Team

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Title

1914 Massanutten Academy Football Team

Subject

Football players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Students - Virginia - Woodstock
Mahikoa, James Kekahulilani (1889-1918)
Nelson, Carl
Schutte, Bryson Gotlieb (1893-1966)
Osburn, Clarence
Sperry, Jacob Jason "Jack" (1897-1967)
Koblegard, Jacob (1898-1951)
Grubb, Robert B.
Amicon, Anthony (1898-1968)
Francis, Mathew Henry Jr. (1895-1954)
Crickenberger, Leon "Doc" Samuel (1894-1983)
Gibson, Clyde O.
Coaches (Athletics) - Virginia - Woodstock

Description

Group photograph of the members of the 1914 Massanutten Academy's football team. They are assembled on the steps of a campus building. In the front center, a cadet is holding a football with the notation, "MA -14".

Pictured are, left to right:

First Row: Carl Nelson (Team Mascot)

Second Row:
Byron G. Schutte, Clarence Osburn, James "Jimmy" Kekahulilani Mahikoa, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified

Third Row:
"Jason J. Sperry" (Jacob Jason "Jack" Sperry), Jacob Koblegard, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified

Fourth Row:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Robert Grubb, Unidentified, Anthony Amicon

Fifth Row:
Mathew Francis, Leon "Doc" Samuel Crickenberger, Unidentified, Clyde O. Gibson (Coach)

The school later became known as Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) in Woodstock, Virginia.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

1914

Contributor

Identified in 2024 by library staff utilizing "The Massanutten Academy News" booklets maintained by Massanutten Academy.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Leon Samuel Crickenberger appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002419, 002564, 003641, 003675, 004261, 004350, 008441, 018543, 018591, 020153, and 027550.
James “Jimmy” Mahikoa appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000929, 002564, 003641, 006240, 009240, 009241, 013699, 020140, 020148, 020162, and 020288.
Byron G. Schutte appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002564 and 003641.
Clarence Osburn appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002564 and 003641.
Jacob Jason "Jack" Sperry appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002564, 003641, and 020153.
Jacob Koblegard appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002564 and 003641.
Robert Grubb appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002564, 003641, and 018543.
Anthony Amicon appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002564, 003641, 009011, 016361, 018543, 020107, 020153, and 027388.
Mathew Francis appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002564, 003641, 009593, 013698, 013699, 013869, and 027389.
Clyde Gibson appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000825, 002564, 003641, 018543, and 020153.

Identifier

003641

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “1914 Massanutten Academy Football Team,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/30872.

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