Walter Boal (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Walter Ayres Boal (born c. 1879) was an All-American football player and hammer thrower in the late 19th Century. Boal played at the guard position for Harvard University from 1897 to 1899 and was selected as a first-team All-American in 1898.Boal was 5 feet, 11-1/2 inches tall, and weighed 195 pounds. A native of Chicago, Boal attended that city's Harvard School. After graduating from preparatory school, Boal enrolled at Harvard where he played football for Harvard's varsity football team from 1897 to 1899. Boal was unlike most of the Harvard football players of his era who were drawn from the ranks of the elite eastern preparatory schools. In fact, Boal was the only westerner on Harvard's varsity team in 1899, leading one writer to note that his appearance Harvard's lineup violated "a rule as unvarying as the law of gravitation."