19 Facts About Marshall Newell

Marshall Newell was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.

Marshall Newell was born on April 2,1871 in Clifton, New Jersey, the son of Samuel Marshall Newell, a prominent lawyer.

Marshall Newell grew up on a farm near Great Barrington, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires.

Marshall Newell enrolled at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire in 1887 and graduated in 1890.

Marshall Newell gained admittance to Harvard University, where he became an All-American football player for the Harvard Crimson football team.

Marshall Newell is one of Harvard's stone wall stand-bys at right tackle, where he has played for three years.

Marshall Newell was selected as an All-American in all four years at Harvard, one of only four players in the history of college football to be named as an All-American in all four years of collegiate play.

Marshall Newell competed on Harvard's varsity crew from 1891 to 1893.

Marshall Newell is a wonderfully able athlete, having played a cyclonic tackle on three Harvard elevens and rowed bow on two university crews, '91 and '92.

Marshall Newell's muscle is fairly a burden to him, and with his great strength he is rather a stiff and awkward oarsman.

Marshall Newell was given a rousing send off by the students, nearly 1,000 surrounding him as he made his way to the station.

Marshall Newell made a short speech to the students after the game, in which he.

In December 1896, Marshall Newell became an assistant division superintendent of the Boston and Albany Railroad.

On Christmas Eve 1897, Marshall Newell was killed when an engine backed over him in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Marshall Newell was interred in the Newell family plot in the Walnut Hill section of Medford, Massachusetts.

Marshall Newell was a whirlwind in action, a player of phenomenal strength, and made Walter Camp's All-American team for four years, from 1890 to '93 inclusive.

Marshall Newell, nicknamed 'Ma' back in his Phillips Exeter days, could use his hands as cleverly as Jim Driscoll, and was a master of position play.

Marshall Newell was beloved by all those that knew him, respected by his opponents as a true sportsman, and his tragic death in 1897 was mourned by thousands of friends.

Marshall Newell was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1957.