A photograph of the 1914 Elizabethville HIgh School Football Team, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photo is from the collection of the Elizabethville Area Historical Society. On the back is written, “Margaret D…. Fred Kieffer, 7th over from left, top row.”
This photograph appeared in black and white on page 120 the of History of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1817-1967. To obtain a copy of an exact reproduction of that book, visit the web site of the Elizabethville Area Bicentennial.
In the History of Elizabethville, the members of the team and adults are identified as follows:
Front Row (sitting on ground): Howard L. Weaver; Dewey Keaffer; Allen Lentz; Jesse Zeigler; John Romberger, mascot; Dana Griffin; Carolus Martyn.
Second Row (kneeling on ground): Scott Weaver; Joseph R. Stine; Edwin H. Zeigler; Norwood Swab; Clair L. Hoke; Russell Botts; William Gallagher.
Back Row (standing): Dr. W. L. Stevenson; Curtin C. McLaughlin; G. Fred Botts; —– Lenker; Paul E. Stroup, Mark Uhler; Fred Kieffer; Ralph Lehman Sr.; Herman H. Hassinger; Clayton C. Stroup; C. M. Weigle, principal; James E. Lentz.
The first name of Mr. Lentz (back row) was not known when the photograph was published.
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