Wallace Winter

W. C. Winter
Winter pictured in The Official National Collegiate Athletic Association football guide, 1893
Yale Bulldogs
Position Tackle
Class Graduate
Career history
College Yale (1890–1892)
Personal information
Born: (1872-08-08)August 8, 1872
Hudson, Wisconsin
Died: May 10, 1947(1947-05-10) (aged 74)
Chicago, Illinois
Career highlights and awards
All-American

Wallace Charles Winter, Sr. (August 8, 1872 – May 10, 1947)[1] was an All-American football player. He played tackle for Yale University from 1890–1892 and was selected to the 1891 College Football All-America Team.

After graduating from Yale, Winter became a competitive golfer.[2]

Winters's son, Wallace C. Winter, Jr., was also a back for the Yale football team, but quit the team to serve as an aviator in France during World War I.[3] The younger Winter was killed in action in March 1918 while flying behind enemy lines in Germany.[4] Winter had earlier been reported missing, but survived that episode to receive the Croix de Guerre in Feb 1917.[5]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/AmericanGolfer/1913/ag104m.pdf
  3. ↑ "War Cross for Former Yale Back" (PDF). The New York Times. 1918-02-19.
  4. ↑ "War's Toll of American Officers in First Year; Twenty-seven Killed in France or Lost in Naval Fighting Zone Since Last April, While Many Others Have Died in Training at Home" (PDF). The New York Times. 1918-03-24.
  5. ↑ "U.S. Airman May Still Be Alive". Tyrone Daily Herald. 1918-03-30.
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