Dexter Very correspondence, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks, 1908-1981.

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Dexter Very correspondence, newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks, 1908-1981.

This collection documents the collegiate football career of Dexter Very. It includes correspondence, research, and newspaper clippings about Very's entrance into the Collegiate Football Hall of Fame, his Gold Pass from the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (EIFA) and a certificate of appreciation from Eastern College Athletics Conference (ECAC). The scrapbook contains a matriculation card, photographs of the football team and its players, football schedules, and newspaper clippings about the football team's success.

0.65 cubic feet.

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Penn State Nittany Lions (Football team)

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Very, Dexter, 1889-1980

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Dexter W. Very, of Fairdale, Pennsylvania, was born November 27, 1889. He began playing football in 1904 at the Soldier's Orphan Industrial School in Scotland, Pennsylvania, where he captained the team in 1905 and 1906 before playing for Mercersburg Academy in 1907 and 1908. Very came to Penn State in 1909 and was put on Penn State's first team as a right end that year, remaining in that position until he graduated in 1913. Very was the only Penn State player of his era to be named by football c...

Pennsylvania State College

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