Tim Callahan (American football)

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Tim Callahan
File:Tim Callahan The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Fri Oct 10 1919 .jpg
Date of birth (1895-03-29)March 29, 1895
Place of birth Lawrence, Massachusetts
Date of death unknown
Career information
Position(s) Guard
College Yale University
Career history
As player
1916, 1919–1920 Yale Bulldogs
Career highlights and awards

John Timothy Callahan (March 29, 1895[1] – ?) was an American football player. He attended preparatory school at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and then enrolled at Yale University.[2] He played college football at the guard position for the Yale Bulldogs in 1916 and 1919 to 1920, and was a consensus first-team selection on the 1920 College Football All-America Team.[3] His education at Yale was interrupted during World War I by service as a pilot in the Naval Aviation Corps. He was stationed at Newport, Rhode Island, and later in South America, before being discharged in 1919.[4][5] Callahan was captain of the 1920 Yale Bulldogs football team while his brother Henry "Mike" Callahan was captain of the 1920 Princeton Tigers football team.[6]

References

  1. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. John Timothy Callahan, born March 29, 1895, at Lawrence, Mass. Serving in the Naval Reserve at Newport, R.I.
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