1911 MMA Football Team
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Title
1911 MMA Football Team
Subject
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Football players - Virginia - Woodstock
Bentley, James Bruce (1888-1962)
Walker, Ripley S. (1892-1957)
Crickenberger, Leon "Doc" Samuel (1894-1983)
Coaches (Athletics) - Virginia - Woodstock
Roller, Charles
Description
Team photograph of the 1911 Football players representing Massanutten Military Academy (MMA). Image was taken on the steps of one of the campus building.
This is a reproduction photograph of an earlier Morrison image of the team.
Coach James Bruce (J.B.) Bentley is pictured on the far right, seated on the banister with a "D" sweater."
Ripley S. Walker is identified in the middle row, far right. Walker was a cadet at Massanutten Academy. He graduated in 1912, attended Washington & Lee University, and then settled in Shenandoah County.
Charles Roller appears on the front row, second from left.
Leon "Doc" Samuel Crickenberger is pictured on the back row, far left.
All other individuals are unidentified.
This is a reproduction photograph of an earlier Morrison image of the team.
Coach James Bruce (J.B.) Bentley is pictured on the far right, seated on the banister with a "D" sweater."
Ripley S. Walker is identified in the middle row, far right. Walker was a cadet at Massanutten Academy. He graduated in 1912, attended Washington & Lee University, and then settled in Shenandoah County.
Charles Roller appears on the front row, second from left.
Leon "Doc" Samuel Crickenberger is pictured on the back row, far left.
All other individuals are unidentified.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
1911
Contributor
James Bruce Bentley was identified by library staff in 2024 based on Massanutten Academy's 1911-1912 catalog.
Charles Roller and Lem Crickenberger identification is based on a 1912 photograph of the football team held in the Ron Roller digital collection.
Rights
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Relation
The 1911 Massanutten Academy Football team is the subject of Morrison Studio Collection images 003675 and 004261.
James Bruce (J.B.) Bentley appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003675 and 004261.
Ripley S. Walker appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003675, 004261, 009590, and 018591.
Leon Samuel Crickenberger appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002419, 002564, 003641, 003675, 004261, 004350, 008441, 018543, and 018591.
Charles Roller appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002418, 003675, 004261, and 018591.
Many of the unidentified students in this image appear in photographs of other Massanutten Academy sports teams from the period held within the Morrison Studio Collection. These include 002418, 002420, 003675, 004253, 004259 , 004261, and 018591.
The unidentified student seated on the stair railing appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 000599, 002420, 003675, 004259, and 004261.
Identifier
003675
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negatives
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “1911 MMA Football Team,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/30980.
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