J. T. Haxall

J. T. Haxall

Princeton Tigers
Position	Guard/Kicker
Class	1883
Career history
College	Princeton (1881–1882)
Personal information
Date of birth	April 22, 1860
Place of birth	Virginia
Date of death	July 9, 1939 (aged 79)
Place of death	Maryland
Weight	158 lb (72 kg)
Career highlights and awards
National championship, 1881 Longest field goal (65 yards)

John Triplett "Jerry" Haxall (April 22, 1860 – July 9, 1939) was a college football player. On November 30, 1882,^[1] he kicked a 65-yard field goal from placement^{[2][n 1]} for a then record^[4] in the Princeton–Yale contest at the Polo Grounds.^[5][6] The record stood until 1976.^[7][8] Haxall later remarked "My epitaph will probably be: J. T. Haxall. Kicked a football. That's all."^[9]

Early years

John Triplett Haxall was born in Virginia on April 22, 1860 to Bolling Walker Haxall and Anne Triplett. His father was a flour milling heir whose Richmond house built in 1858 is on the National Register of Historic Places.^[10]

Notes

1. The spectators did not measure the distance, but it was long estimated as 65 yards and by all accounts was beyond midfield.^[3]

Endnotes

1. Parke H. Davis. Football, the American Intercollegiate Game. p. 372.
2. Frank G. Menke (May 1999). "Long-Distance Kicking" (PDF). College Football Historical Society. 12 (3): 6. Retrieved May 25, 2015 – via LA84.
3. Grantland Rice (November 30, 1915). "The Sport Light". The Marion Star. p. 8. Retrieved March 4, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Parke H. Davis (1913). "The Field Goal Record". Official Football Rules: 233.
5. "[1]". New York Times. December 1, 1882.
6. "Princeton Guard Loses 30 Pounds in 1 Game". Columbia Daily Spectator. 59 (35). November 14, 1935. p. 3.
7. Mark F. Bernstein. Football: The Ivy League Origins of an American Obsession. p. 21.
8. Mark F. Bernstein. Princeton Football. p. 14.
9. "Obituary". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 39: 845–846. July 7, 1939.
10. "The Historic Bolling Haxall House".

External links

• J. T. Haxall at Find a Grave