Franklin Morse
(1873-1929)
American football player and coach
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Franklin Blake Morse (May 4, 1873 – May 27, 1929) was an All-American football player. Morse played halfback for Princeton University and was selected as an All-American in 1893. He also served as coach of Princeton's football team in 1896. Morse worked as a sports writer from 1904 to 1929, serving as a sports editor for the Associated Press and a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. He was also the model for Charles Dana Gibson's popular drawing, "The Halfback."
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4 May 1873 Kobe, Japan
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27 May 1929 (aged 56) Forest Knolls, California
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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