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{{Short description|American football player (1865–1891)}}
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|death_place=Augusta, Georgia
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*National championship (1885)
*National championship (1885)
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'''Henry Cummings "Tillie" Lamar''' (October 4, 1865 &ndash; March 10, 1891) was a [[college football]] player.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%202/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%201912.pdf/Newspaper%20Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%201912%20%281327%29.PDF|title=Sporting Comment|work=The Auburn Citizen|date=November 21, 1911}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eTUCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA594|title=Athletics at Princeton: A History|page=594|last1=Presbrey|first1=Frank|last2=Moffatt|first2=James Hugh|year=1901}}</ref>
'''Henry C. "Tillie" Lamar''' was a [[college football]] player

==Early years==
Lamar was born on October 4, 1865, in [[Augusta, Georgia]], to Gazaway DeRosset Lamar and Maria Cumming.

==Princeton==
==Princeton==

===1885===
===1885===
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The season was notable for one of the most celebrated football plays of the 19th century - a 90-yard punt return by Lamar of [[1885 Princeton Tigers football team|Princeton]] in the closing minutes of the game against [[1885 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale]]. Trailing 5-0, Princeton dropped two men back to receive a Yale punt. The punt glanced off one returner's shoulder and was caught by the other, Lamar, on the dead run.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jboJTyrkJagC&q=Tillie+Lamar+Princeton+1885&pg=PA15|author=Mark F. Bernstein|page=15|title=Princeton Football|year=2009|isbn=9780738565842}}</ref> Lamar streaked down the left sideline, until hemmed in by two Princeton players, then cut sharply to the middle of the field, ducking under their arms and breaking loose for the touchdown. After the controversy of a darkness-shortened Yale-Princeton championship game the year before that was ruled "no contest," a record crowd turned out for the 1885 game. For the first time, the game was played on one of the campuses instead of at a neutral site, and emerged as a major social event, attracting ladies to its audience as well as students and male spectators.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/footballamerica00davigoog|quote=parke davis football intercollegiate game.|title=Football, the American Intercollegiate Game|publisher=c. Scribner's sons|year=1911|author=Parke H. Davis|author-link=Parke H. Davis}}</ref> The Lamar punt return furnished the most spectacular ending to any football game played to that point, and did much to popularize the sport of college football to the general public.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FxVbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187|page=187|volume=26|journal=Princeton Alumni Weekly|date=November 18, 1925|author=Parke H. Davis|author-link=Parke H. Davis|title=Lamar's Run, Forty Years Ago}}</ref> The play is referred to as the "Lamar run" and it is considered one of the most notable plays of that century; The game is also often referred to as the "Lamar game". His run against Yale in 1885 gave Princeton its only victory over Yale in a decade (1879 - 1888).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballofyore.blogspot.com/2014/07/henry-tillie-lamar-cabinet-card.html|title=Henry "Tillie" Lamar Cabinet Card}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiyeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|page=83|title=12 Monkeys & A Green Jacket|author=Robert A. Mullins|year=2014|isbn=9781493189717}}</ref>
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{{main|1885 Princeton Tigers football team}}

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The season was notable for one of the most celebrated football plays of the 19th century - a 90-yard punt return by Henry "Tillie" Lamar of Princeton in the closing minutes of the game against [[1885 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale]]. Trailing 5-0, Princeton dropped two men back to receive a Yale punt. The punt glanced off one returner's shoulder and was caught by the other, Lamar, on the dead run.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jboJTyrkJagC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=Tillie+Lamar+Princeton+1885&source=bl&ots=XAGiJiR7Iv&sig=6mW9SZoB3J5La06uj1LmQK1fVgg&hl=en&ei=iHJZTdWBHoLbgQfFhZTWDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEMQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Tillie%20Lamar%20Princeton%201885&f=false|author=Mark F. Bernstein|page=15|title=Princeton Football}}</ref> Lamar streaked down the left sideline, until hemmed in by two Princeton players, then cut sharply to the middle of the field, ducking under their arms and breaking loose for the touchdown. After the controversy of a darkness-shortened Yale-Princeton championship game the year before that was ruled "no contest," a record crowd turned out for the 1885 game. For the first time, the game was played on one of the campuses instead of at a neutral site, and emerged as a major social event, attracting ladies to its audience as well as students and male spectators.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Aa5HAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=parke+davis+football+intercollegiate+game&source=bl&ots=dxmB7HGXX-&sig=29IEe5qYxrKo1q46SSBbiVq1s08&hl=en&ei=hHRZTfOQEIOglAfx8PXkBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Football, the American Intercollegiate Game|author=[[Parke H. Davis]]}}</ref> The Lamar punt return furnished the most spectacular ending to any football game played to that point, and did much to popularize the sport of college football to the general public.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FxVbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA187#v=onepage&q&f=false|author=187|volume=26|journal=Princeton Alumni Weekly|date=November 18, 1925|author=[[Parke H. Davis]]|title=Lamar's Run, Forty Years Ago}}</ref> The play is referred to as the "Lamar run" and it is considered one of the most notable plays of that century; The game is also often referred to as the "Lamar game". His run against Yale in 1885 gave Princeton its only victory over Yale in a decade (1879 - 1888).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://footballofyore.blogspot.com/2014/07/henry-tillie-lamar-cabinet-card.html|title=Henry "Tillie" Lamar Cabinet Card}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiyeAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA83#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=83|title=12 Monkeys & A Green Jacket|author=Robert A. Mullins}}</ref>
==Death==
Lamar, the grandson of Henry Cumming who conceived of and promoted the construction of the Augusta Canal, died by drowning at the opening of the canal connecting [[Lake Olmstead]] with the [[Savannah River]], near [[Augusta, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qywBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA441|journal=The University Magazine|title=Henry Cummings Lamar|author=Marion M. Miller|date=November 21, 1885|page=441|volume=4}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Princeton Tigers football players]]
* {{Find a Grave|27133259}}
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Latest revision as of 03:36, 30 July 2024

Tillie Lamar
Henry "Tillie" Lamar cabinet card.
Princeton Tigers
PositionHalfback
Class1886
Personal information
Born:(1865-10-04)October 4, 1865
Augusta, Georgia
Died:March 10, 1891(1891-03-10) (aged 25)
Augusta, Georgia
Career history
CollegePrinceton (1884–1885)
Career highlights and awards
  • National championship (1885)

Henry Cummings "Tillie" Lamar (October 4, 1865 – March 10, 1891) was a college football player.[1][2]

Early years

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Lamar was born on October 4, 1865, in Augusta, Georgia, to Gazaway DeRosset Lamar and Maria Cumming.

Princeton

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1885

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The season was notable for one of the most celebrated football plays of the 19th century - a 90-yard punt return by Lamar of Princeton in the closing minutes of the game against Yale. Trailing 5-0, Princeton dropped two men back to receive a Yale punt. The punt glanced off one returner's shoulder and was caught by the other, Lamar, on the dead run.[3] Lamar streaked down the left sideline, until hemmed in by two Princeton players, then cut sharply to the middle of the field, ducking under their arms and breaking loose for the touchdown. After the controversy of a darkness-shortened Yale-Princeton championship game the year before that was ruled "no contest," a record crowd turned out for the 1885 game. For the first time, the game was played on one of the campuses instead of at a neutral site, and emerged as a major social event, attracting ladies to its audience as well as students and male spectators.[4] The Lamar punt return furnished the most spectacular ending to any football game played to that point, and did much to popularize the sport of college football to the general public.[5] The play is referred to as the "Lamar run" and it is considered one of the most notable plays of that century; The game is also often referred to as the "Lamar game". His run against Yale in 1885 gave Princeton its only victory over Yale in a decade (1879 - 1888).[6][7]

Death

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Lamar, the grandson of Henry Cumming who conceived of and promoted the construction of the Augusta Canal, died by drowning at the opening of the canal connecting Lake Olmstead with the Savannah River, near Augusta, Georgia.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Sporting Comment" (PDF). The Auburn Citizen. November 21, 1911.
  2. ^ Presbrey, Frank; Moffatt, James Hugh (1901). Athletics at Princeton: A History. p. 594.
  3. ^ Mark F. Bernstein (2009). Princeton Football. p. 15. ISBN 9780738565842.
  4. ^ Parke H. Davis (1911). Football, the American Intercollegiate Game. c. Scribner's sons. parke davis football intercollegiate game.
  5. ^ Parke H. Davis (November 18, 1925). "Lamar's Run, Forty Years Ago". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 26: 187.
  6. ^ "Henry "Tillie" Lamar Cabinet Card".
  7. ^ Robert A. Mullins (2014). 12 Monkeys & A Green Jacket. p. 83. ISBN 9781493189717.
  8. ^ Marion M. Miller (November 21, 1885). "Henry Cummings Lamar". The University Magazine. 4: 441.
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