Photograph
Eddie Withers, University of Wisconsin Football Star
| Eddie Withers, #11 on the University of Wisconsin football team, is shown with his 18 month old son, Eddie Withers III, after the Wisconsin team beat Iowa in a football game. Eddie also served in World War II, while he was a high school student. He was the first black football player to earn the rank of All-American in Wisconsin. He was posthumously inducted into the Madison Sports Hall of Fame in 1977. |
| Image ID: | 68088 |
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| Creation Date: | 10 19 1950 |
| Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6442.3634 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| Published Wisconsin State Journal October 20,1950 |
| College students |
| University of Wisconsin |
| African Americans |
| Children and adults |
| Football |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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