Howard Parker Talman

Howard Parker Talman
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Position Halfback, Guard, Fullback
Career history
College Rutgers
Personal information
Date of birth December 9, 1893
Place of birth Spring Valley, New York
Date of death March 1961
Place of death Polk County, Florida[1]
Career highlights and awards
All-American

Howard Parker "Tal" Talman (December 9, 1893 – March 1961) was an American football player and coach. He played college football at Rutgers University from 1913 to 1915 and was the first Rutgers Scarlet Knights football player to be selected as an All-American.

Talman was born in Spring Valley, New York, in 1893. He attended Rutgers University where he played college football. In 1913, he became the first Rutgers Scarlet Knights football player to receive All-American honors.[2] He was selected by Parke H. Davis as a first-team All-American at the guard position in 1913,[3] by Walter Camp as a third-team All-American halfback in 1914,[4][5] and as a second-team All-American fullback in 1915 by both Camp and New York sports writer, Monty.[6]

Talman also holds the Rutgers football single-game scoring record with 48 points scored (6 touchdowns, 12 extra points) in a game played against RPI on October 9, 1915.[7] He also competed for Rutgers in baseball and track and was selected as the captain of the 1915 Rutgers football team.[8]

Talman later played professional football for the Massillon Tigers.[9] He also played and coached football at the University of Chattanooga.[10][11]

Talman has been inducted into the Rutgers Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1989),[12] the University of Chattanooga Hall of Fame (inducted 1987),[13] and the Rockland County Track & Field Hall of Fame.[11] In 2014, Talman was selected by the Big Ten Network as one of the ten best Rutgers football players of all time.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
  2. ↑ "Rutgers Year-by-Year All-Americans". ScarletKnights.com. Rutgers University. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bob McWhorter Is Picked on All-American Eleven". Atlanta Constitution. 1913-12-09.
  4. ↑ "Camp Picks All-American Eleven: 2 Western Men on All-America Football Team". The Indianapolis Star. 1913-12-14.
  5. ↑ "Walter Camp's Three All-American Elevens". The Syracuse Herald. 1914-12-13.
  6. ↑ "Monty Picks All-Star Team: Maulbetsch of Michigan Lands on Second Eleven; He is Only 'Westerner' to Be Honored by the Writer". Fort Wayne News. 1915-12-04.
  7. ↑ "Rutgers Football Game Records". ScarletKnights.com. Rutgers University. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Talman Elected Rutgers Captain For Next Year: Veteran of Two Years and Is One of Best Punters in East". The Day. December 1, 1914. p. 11.
  9. ↑ "Talman To Go To France". The Pittsburgh Press. December 12, 1916.
  10. ↑ "Class Letters and Personal Items". Rutgers Alumni Monthly. October 1922. p. 27.
  11. 1 2 "H. Parker Talman - Spring Valley 1912". Rockland County Track & Field Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Rutgers Football Hall of Fame". ScarletKnights.com. Rutgers University. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Current Hall of Fame Members". GoMocs.com. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  14. ↑ Tom Dienhart. "Top 10 Rutgers football players of all time". Big Ten Network. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
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