1911 MMA Football Team Group Photograph
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Title
1911 MMA Football Team Group Photograph
Subject
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Football - Virginia - Woodstock
Football players - Virginia - Woodstock
Sports - Virginia - Woodstock
Athletes - Virginia - Woodstock
Bentley, James Bruce (1888-1962)
Walker, Ripley S. (1892-1957)
Roller, Charles
Description
Photograph of the 1911 MMA football team assembled on the steps of a school building. The individual players are unidentified and are all wearing their school's team uniform.
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.
"Lem Doc Crickenberger is pictured on the back row, far left.
All other individuals are unidentified.
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.
"Lem Doc 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
Ripley S. Walker was identified by Charles Middleton, and indirect descendant, in 2024.
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
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
The 1911 Massanutten Academy Football team is the subject of Morrison Studio Collection images 003675 and 004261.
Ripley S. Walker appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003675 and 004261.
James Bruce (J.B.) Bentley appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 003675 and 004261.
Identifier
004261
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “1911 MMA Football Team Group Photograph,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed July 26, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/32797.
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