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American football player (1868–1961)

Roscoe Channing
Princeton Tigers
PositionHalfback
ClassGraduate
Personal information
Born:January 7, 1868
New York City, U.S.
Died:April 1, 1961(1961-04-01) (aged 93)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Weight141 lb (64 kg)
Career history
CollegePrinceton (1889)
Career highlights and awards

Roscoe H. Channing, Jr. (January 7, 1868 – April 1, 1961) was an All-American football player, member of the Rough Riders and mining executive. Channing was an All-American halfback for Princeton University. He was one of eleven players selected by Caspar Whitney for the first ever College Football All-America Team in 1889. When the Spanish–American War commenced in 1898, Channing enlisted in Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Roosevelt took pride in how many Ivy League football players enlisted in the Rough Riders. Channing later went into the mining business and managed the mining operations of the Whitney family. In the 1920s, he formed a partnership with his friend Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney. The two formed the Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Company in Flin Flon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and Channing served as the company's President. Channing died in 1961.

References

  1. The All-America Team for 1889 selected by Casper Whitney is identified in the NCAA guide to football award winners Archived 2009-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Mark Bernstein (2001). Football: The Ivy League origins of an American obsession, p. 64. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3627-0.
  3. Edward Marshall (1899). The Story of the Rough Riders, 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry; The Regiment in Camp and on the Battle Field. Q. W. Dillingham Co.
  4. "Mining Impact in Saskatchewan (Timeline)". Saskatchewan Indian Cultural Centre. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011.
  5. Alfred Wright (September 4, 1961). "Sonny Whitney: A Success In Spite Of His Money". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012.
  6. ^ "Roscoe Channing Dead: Ex-President of Hudson Bay Mining Co. in Canada, 93". The New York Times. April 4, 1961.
1889 Princeton Tigers football—national champions
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