Expert: Thom Brooks - 3/4/2007

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Thom, thanks for the quick response!  I'm almost sure the picture was taken in or around Wilmington, DE.  I appreciate your help.
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Thom,

I have a football picture of my Great-grandfather Joseph Chandler Palmer from the state of Delaware.  The football in the photo says "Orange '09 Champions" and there is a dog mascot - a white boxer.  There are 16 players along with a couple of guys I assume are coaches.  Joseph would have been 21 or 22 at the time.  There are no letters or team names I can see.

Can you help to identify the team and what championship this would refer to?

Thanks,
Greg
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Greg, hello!

Nebraska Cornhuskers may have played in the 1909 Orange Bowl.  I will continue to search and advise if I can find a team that used a white Boxer as a mascot.  I think the Canton Bulldogs may have used the Boxer.  


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Hope I've started you along the way!

Thom Brooks  

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Greg, If you can start at the city and state, you can trace through the archives of the local paper.  If you could find a single name, you could trace back through the children and grandchildren.  Let me know if you get on the scent!

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