Alexander Hamilton Wallis
"Alexander Wallis" redirects here. For other uses, see Alexander Wallis (disambiguation).
c. 1892 at Yale | |
Yale Bulldogs | |
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Position | Tackle |
Class | Graduate |
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Personal information | |
Date of birth | March 28, 1872 |
Place of birth | Jersey City, New Jersey |
Date of death | July 25, 1959 87) | (aged
Place of death | New York |
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Alexander Hamilton Wallis (March 28, 1872 – July 25, 1959) was an American college football player. He played tackle for the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University from 1890 to 1892, and was selected as an All-American in 1892.
Wallis was the son of Hamilton Wallis, a prominent lawyer of East Orange, New Jersey. He had a brother, Nathan C. Wallis and a sister, Emeline Waldron Wallis, who married James Carr Dunn of London, England.[1]
Though Wallis was a lineman, he was a frequent ball carrier for Yale. In November 1892, an article reported that Wallis was running with the ball in his old form, getting off to a quick start, "hitting the line hard and tackling equally hard."[2]
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