Hare, T. Truxton
Football
b. Oct. 12, 1878, Philadelphia, PA
d. Feb. 2, 1956
Walter Camp said that Hare was the only football player who could have been an All-American at any position. He played guard at the University of Pennsylvania, but he was also the team's signal-caller, punter, and drop-kicker, and he was often used to run the ball from coach George Woodruff's guards-back formation.
A four-time All-American, from 1897 through 1900, Hare captained the team for his final two seasons. In the last game of his college career, he ran 35 yards for a touchdown against Harvard, dragging five defenders across the goal line. At 6-foot-2, Hare weighed just under 200 pounds, but he was remarkably strong. He won the silver medal in the hammer throw at the 1900 Olympics and in 1904 he placed third in the AAU national all-around championship, an event similar to the decathlon.