Santa Clara College Varsity Football (Rugby) Team Rare!

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732295

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Postcard

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Divided Back

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Condition:

Fair

Postmark:

1910 Nov-17

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Santa Clara

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Cal.

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Size:

3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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From the Darlene Thorne Collection

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2023-05-26 14:34:42 - Lawrence Denis Freitas:
This is the Santa Clara football team alright, but of rugby union football. In California, from 1906 to about 1918, rugby was the fall sport, not American football. One wonders if Cal and St. Mary's hadn't switched back to American football in 1915, if rugby would still today be the number one fall sport in California. Ironically, Cal and St. Mary's in recent times have been the college rugby top schools in California if not the USA.