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TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
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TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
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May 26, 2025, 7:00 AM
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Things Changed A Wee Bit Regarding Tobacco Use
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May 26, 2025, 7:27 AM
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My grandfather Wylie Hamrick played for Frank Howard from 1944-1948. Back then, my grandfather used to throw a huge plug of chewing tobacco in during the game. He played both offensive and defensive line. So, whenever he would line up across from the opposing player, he would spit tobacco juice in the other lineman's eyes. Once the ball was snapped, he would as he called it, "whop the other fella across the jaw". Football was way different back then. It was a man's sport for sure.
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Causing assault with bodily fluid made it a mans game?
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May 26, 2025, 9:38 AM
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Some of you are really strange.
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Re: Causing assault with bodily fluid made it a mans game?
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May 27, 2025, 11:59 AM
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Panic much
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Fascinating history! I love this kind of stuff.
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May 26, 2025, 7:48 AM
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Football has always been violent, but I canāt imagine playing it without padding (āā¦ and he was disfigured for lifeā made me cringe). āAnd only one fight broke out!ā š¤£ Thank you for sharing, David. Canāt wait to read more of these ānumbersā articles as we count down to kickoff.
Also, Iām guessing that Dr. Turnipseed, mentioned in the article, is a descendent of our own Thad Turnipseed? Maybe great-grandfather?
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Re: TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
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May 26, 2025, 9:55 AM
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Not sure if he played or not but my wife's relative, T.R. Vogel, was on this team as a manager. I know of a lot of these guys held multiple roles on the teams back then so he may have suited up.
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Re: TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
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May 26, 2025, 10:18 AM
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Great article David Hood!! Many thanks!!š
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Re: TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
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May 26, 2025, 11:01 AM
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Agreed! Good readā¦entertaining to hear some of the remarkable people that were on our first teamā¦despite the often vile conditions of playā¦ lol.
Go Tigers!!
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Re: TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
May 26, 2025, 3:38 PM
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So, 1896 was our first introduction to doo-doo ice...
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Re: TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
May 26, 2025, 6:21 PM
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Sounds a bit like rugby actually. Great article!
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Re: TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
May 26, 2025, 7:39 PM
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1931 Clemson Football Freshmen. 35 years after the first team. My Granddad is in the middle of the back row with the patch over his eye. No he wasn't blind in one eye and couldn't see out of the other one, it was from a football injury.
[](https://postimg.cc/06tpG0MC)
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Re: TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
May 26, 2025, 8:39 PM
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I would like to have read some of the good info surrounding Riggs' time at Auburn where he got the ideas for team colors, our mascot, and eventually stealing John Heisman from them. BTW, our original colors were orange and gold unless I'm mistaken.
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Re: TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
May 27, 2025, 5:29 AM
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I just remembered a joke from years ago. The article reminded me...
Why was the leper football game canceled?
Because there was a hand off on the line. Ba dum bump
That is all
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Re: TNET: Countdown to Kickoff: 1896, an ear torn off, and the beginning of Clemson football
May 28, 2025, 10:37 AM
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Great article, David! Thanks!
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