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TCU's debt of gratitude to Michigan football
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<blockquote data-quote="JogginFrog" data-source="post: 3229909" data-attributes="member: 4994"><p>[USER=71210]@Panther City Frog[/USER] mentioned in another thread that the Frogs and Wolverines have <a href="http://www.winsipedia.com/tcu/vs/michigan" target="_blank">never met on the gridiron</a>. But that doesn't mean there's never been a connection between Michigan and TCU football. Quite the opposite. Thought it was worth a thread.</p><p></p><p>In 2013 <em>TCU Magazine</em> published a feature story, "<a href="https://magazine.tcu.edu/fall-2013/tcu-first-loved-football/" target="_blank">When TCU First Loved Football</a>." As the story goes, AddRan College co-founder and president, Addison Clark, thoroughly opposed athletics (preferring military drills and long hikes). But he made the mistake of sending his son, "Little Addie," to the University of Michigan, which had been playing football for two decades and went a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_in_the_early_years" target="_blank">combined 26-2-1</a> from 1894 through 1896. When Little Addie returned to Texas in 1896, he was eager to introduce the sport and managed to convince his father not to oppose it. He and TCU faculty member A.C. Easley, who had picked up a rule book while studying at the U. of Chicago, organized the first (intramural) game at TCU on Thanksgiving Day 1896, and the first intercollegiate game against Toby's Business College followed on Dec. 7.</p><p></p><p>So, a tip of the hat to Michigan football for helping introduce TCU to the sport. Here's to the Frogs teaching the Wolverines a lesson of their own on Dec. 31.</p><p></p><p>(Photo of the 1897 TCU team)</p><p><img src="http://tcumagarchive.tcu.edu//Assets/images/313FEboysfromheights.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JogginFrog, post: 3229909, member: 4994"] [USER=71210]@Panther City Frog[/USER] mentioned in another thread that the Frogs and Wolverines have [URL='http://www.winsipedia.com/tcu/vs/michigan']never met on the gridiron[/URL]. But that doesn't mean there's never been a connection between Michigan and TCU football. Quite the opposite. Thought it was worth a thread. In 2013 [I]TCU Magazine[/I] published a feature story, "[URL='https://magazine.tcu.edu/fall-2013/tcu-first-loved-football/']When TCU First Loved Football[/URL]." As the story goes, AddRan College co-founder and president, Addison Clark, thoroughly opposed athletics (preferring military drills and long hikes). But he made the mistake of sending his son, "Little Addie," to the University of Michigan, which had been playing football for two decades and went a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Michigan_Wolverines_football_in_the_early_years']combined 26-2-1[/URL] from 1894 through 1896. When Little Addie returned to Texas in 1896, he was eager to introduce the sport and managed to convince his father not to oppose it. He and TCU faculty member A.C. Easley, who had picked up a rule book while studying at the U. of Chicago, organized the first (intramural) game at TCU on Thanksgiving Day 1896, and the first intercollegiate game against Toby's Business College followed on Dec. 7. So, a tip of the hat to Michigan football for helping introduce TCU to the sport. Here's to the Frogs teaching the Wolverines a lesson of their own on Dec. 31. (Photo of the 1897 TCU team) [IMG]http://tcumagarchive.tcu.edu//Assets/images/313FEboysfromheights.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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