USC's Orv Mohler stumbles as he carries the football through Utah's defense, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

USC's Orv Mohler stumbles as he carries the football through Utah's defense, Los Angeles, 1932

Photographer

Ledford, Duke Emmett, 1894-1961

Date Created

[circa September 24, 1932]

Date

1932-09-24

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article, "TROJANS DOWN UTAH IN GRID OPENER, 35 TO 0: Battling Utes Hold Foes to Lone Touchdown in First Half but Fall as Game Progresses," Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 1932: E1
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during the 1932 USC and Utah game. A play occurs in the near distance at center. Orv Mohler of USC stumbles to the ground, off-center to the right, as he carries the football. Three Utah players run towards him and the camera, including Captain Frank Christensen at center. Almost every other player is on the ground. USC's Curt Youel appears to be upright on the far left edge of the play. Another USC player, Ray Sparling, lies on the ground to the immediate right of Mohler. Referee Herb Dana maneuvers around downed players on the left side of the play. In the background, crowds fill the stands.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: When the Maddened Mormons Were Mauling Their Foes This photo of Orv Mohler, taken during the opening quarter of yesterday's game, shows how the Utah linemen hounded Troy's ball carriers. Youel, S.C. center, and Referee Dana can be seen at the left, while Mohler is on the ground with the ball. Sparing is to his right while Capt. Christensen of the Utes looms large in the background. Later on th e Trojans were more successful in getting their rivals out of the way. [Times photo by Duke Ledford, Times staff photographer] (Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 1932: E1)
Text from negative sleeve: Football, U.S.C, VS. Utah, 1932

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.)
Youel, Curtis Linton, 1911-1968
Sparling, Ray C., 1912-1972
Mohler, Orville, 1909-1949
Utah Utes (Football team)
Christensen, Frank
Southern California Trojans (Football team)
Dana, Herb, 1897-1977

Location

Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Longitude

34.014107

Latitude

-118.288025

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Football players--California--Los Angeles
Football--California--Los Angeles
Referees