Bernard Trafford

Bernard Trafford
Born Bernard Walton Trafford
(1871-07-02)July 2, 1871
Westport, Massachusetts, US
Occupation Banker
College football career
Harvard Crimson
Position Fullback
Class 1893
Career history
College
High school Fall River
Personal information
Born: (1871-07-02)July 2, 1871
Westport, Massachusetts
Career highlights and awards
  • National championship (1890)
  • NCAA points leader (1891)

Bernard Walton Trafford (July 2, 1871 – ) was an American college football and baseball player. Trafford was a prominent fullback for the Harvard Crimson football team from 1889 to 1892,[1] captain of the 1891 and 1892 teams.[2][3][4][5] He kicked five field goals in a game against Cornell in 1890, a season in which Harvard was national champion.[6] Trafford scored 64 points in a game against Wesleyan in 1891,[7][8] and led the nation in scoring that year with 270 points.[7] His teammate Everett Lake led the nation in touchdowns the same season. Trafford was captain of the first team to employ the flying wedge blocking scheme.[9] Trafford helped coach the 1893 team.[10] After college, he was employed at the Bell Telephone System, then as a banker in Boston.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Foot Ball Captain". thecrimson.com.
  2. ↑ "B. W. Trafford For Captain". Boston Post. January 16, 1891. p. 2. Retrieved November 1, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "The Harvard Monthly". google.com.
  4. ↑ "Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football - All-Time Football Captains". Harvard.
  5. ↑ "Harvard Football Men". Boston Evening Transcript. September 17, 1892.
  6. ↑ http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A22984/datastream/PDF/view
  7. 1 2 http://www.secsportsfan.com/support-files/pre-1937cfbleaders.pdf
  8. ↑ "Depth a major problem for declining Eastern powers". Times Daily. September 28, 1990.
  9. ↑ "St. Nicholas". google.com.
  10. ↑ "B. W. Trafford Coach". thecrimson.com.
  11. ↑ "Harvard College Class of 1893 Secretary's Fifth Report". google.com.
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