Football player Earl Britton running, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Item Overview

Title

Football player Earl Britton running, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1926

Photographer

Snyder, William Earl, 1896-1956

Date Created

January 15, 1926

Date

1926-01-15

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Earl Britton, in athletic clothing and shoes, running on Coliseum field, with 4 other players and empty seats in background
This photograph appears with the article “Red Grange and George Wilson Collide Today, All-American Stars in Great Coliseum Game, Expect More Than 75,000 Fans to Watch Athletes in Action; Bears Doped to Win,” Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 1926: 9

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: How Grange Will Appear to Tigers Today. The famous Wheaton whirlwind’s success as an open-field runner is due in no small measure to the way in which Earl Britton, his little playmate at Illinois, clears the way. Photo shows Earl, who weighs 210 pounds, leading “Red” on a play in yesterday’s workout at the Coliseum.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 7847 - Feb 9 1937, Red Grange
Handwritten at edge of negative: 10 Earl Britton

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Britton, Earl Tanner, 1903-1973

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.014237

Latitude

-118.287904

Resource type

still image

Subjects

People
Football players--California--Los Angeles
Sports
Environment