Fantastic U of M football/b-ball/hockey photos from MN Historical Society website

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If you are a history buff and enjoy looking at old photos, definitely check out this website to the Minnesota Historical Society. The filters are already set via the link I provided below, but you can play around with them some more if you want. Very, very cool. Even came across a photo of the famous 1903 Minnesota vs. Michigan game at old Northrup Field, the game which birthed "The Little Brown Jug".

http://greatriversnetwork.org/index.php?imagesonly=yes&q=university%20of%20minnesota%20athletics&type[]=Photographs&websites=no&count=100
 

Great photos...thanks

I think I spotted Dr.Don in a couple.
 



We don't see a 100+ team roster on those early 1900's teams.

Do they play the game the same way as today?
 


Football Photos

Back when we were winning National Championships, I bet the "scholarship donation" seats were astronomical.:clap:
 


I love the 1889 photo. Some really impressive mustaches.
 

A pic of MN/Wisc. from the 30's just became my new desktop photo. Thanks..
 









I think some credit should go to Ryan Barland on these photos. He's a curator at MNHS and is a good follow @hipstergopher on Twitter.
 

hungan1 said:
We don't see a 100+ team roster on those early 1900's teams.

Do they play the game the same way as today?
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Not exactly. The two-platoon system didn't really come into play until 1945 when Michigan coach Fritz Crisler decided to use eight dedicated offensive players, and eight dedicated defensive players (along with three two-way players) in a game against Army. It was adopted by a number of teams (and allowed by the folks in charge because of WW2) but quickly squashed by the NCAA from 1954-1964, when a one-platoon system was required by rule.

In 1965, however, the rules changed and unlimited substitutions were allowed, paving the way for specialized offensive, defensive and special teams units and expanded rosters to accommodate the specialization.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-platoon_system
 

Thanks Gopher07 for the very interesting info. I had no idea that unlimited substitutions were not standard until 1965 (I knew that players such as Carl Eller and Bobby Bell had played on both sides of the ball in the early '60's, but did not realize that the rules at that time required it.)
 

cemba99 said:
Thanks Gopher07 for the very interesting info. I had no idea that unlimited substitutions were not standard until 1965 (I knew that players such as Carl Eller and Bobby Bell had played on both sides of the ball in the early '60's, but did not realize that the rules at that time required it.)
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Me too. So you're saying we haven't won a conference championship since players were required by rule to play two ways? Yikes.

That Michigan Game just got worse.
 

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