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MMA 1927 Football Team

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Title

MMA 1927 Football Team

Subject

Glunt, Leroy E. (1895-1963)
Massanutten Military Academy (Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va.)
Military academies - Virginia - Woodstock
Military education - Virginia - Woodstock
Cadets - Virginia - Woodstock
Football players - Virginia - Woodstock
Football - Virginia - Woodstock
Bliss, Dravo
Vezie, Melphard J. (1907-1977)
Edward, Cliff
Kampes, Edward
Benchoff, Robert Johnston (1909-1968)
Coaches (Athletics) - Virginia - Woodstock
Cuomo, John J.
Gathmann, Emil
Ramsburg, George
Gordon, Dean Abe
Crockett, John

Description

Photograph of the Massanutten Military Academy (MMA) football team sitting on the steps of a school building. Twenty-five of the pictured cadets are wearing their school football uniforms.

Identified members of the team are (l to r):

Row 1:
John J. Cuomo, Dravo Bliss, John Crockett, Unidentified, Dean Abe Gordon, Melphad Jim Vezie, George Ramsburg, Unidentified, Unidentified

Row 2:
Robert J. Benchoff, Emil Gathmann, Cliff Edwards, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified

Row 3:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Edward Kampes, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified

Row 4:
Unidentified, Coach Leroy Glunt

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

c. 1927

Contributor

Other image of Leroy Glunt has been identified by Betty Benchoff Page.
Identified in 2024 by library staff utilizing a scrapbook held by Massanutten Academy and created by Cadet Emil Gathmann.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Leroy Glunt is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 004826, 007336, 007496, 012313, 015375, 018552, 020066, 020067, 020068, 020073, 020087, 020088, 020094, 020095, 020099, 020107, 020109, 200116, 020120, 020128, 020131, 020135, 020137, 020142, 020156, 020160, 020161, 020163, 028084, 040052, 040054, 040056, 040067, 040088, 040091, 040221, and 040222.
Robert J. Benchoff appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001696, 003961, 005072, 006321, 007054, 008093, 008536, 010945, 012978, 015782, 016974, 016975, 018537, 020057, 020068, 020080, 020082, 020114, 020130, 020132, 020135, 020156, 020159, 020160, 020161, 020164, 020276, 020287, 020316, 027541, 028383, 029271, 029272, 029283, 029296, 029536, 029859, 029865, and 029959.
Dravo Bliss appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002548, 003285, 020068, and 020161.
Edward Kampes appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 06290, 006296, 020068, 020091, and 020130.
The unidentified cadet on the second row, far right appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 007584 and 020068.
Cliff Edwards appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002792, 015322, 020068, 020161, and 020168.
Melphard Vezie appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 017110, 018537, 020066, 020068, 020128, 020145, 020156, 020160, 020161, and 027534.
Dean Abe Gordon appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 005067, 005068, 020057, 020068, 020101, 020156, 020160, and 027537.
John Cuomo appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002548, 020068, 020094, 020161, 023434, and 023435.
John Crockett appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 020068, 020101, 020156, 020160, 020161, 020168, 023435, 023436, and 027536.
Emil Gathmann appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 020068 and 020161.
George Ramsburg appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 020068, 020101, 020135, 020156, 020160, 020168, and 027530.

Identifier

020068

Original Format

Glass Negative

Physical Dimensions

8x10 inches

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “MMA 1927 Football Team,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/50176.

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