The news arrived in the October 29, 1925 Daily Home News that Dr. Reverend William J. Leggett, distinguished clergyman of the Dutch Reformed Church, had died October 26, two weeks after his 77th birthday, at his Nyack, NY home. At the October 31 Rutgers-Penn Military (aka Widener University) game, “Tribute was paid Dr. William Leggett, Rutgers first football captain before the game, when the student body rose and sang ‘On The Banks,’” according to the November 1, 1925 Targum. Leggett’s last Rutgers appearance was on October 14, 1925 for the inauguration of John Martin Thomas as Rutgers 12th president. Thomas was sworn into office by Dr. William Gummere, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. The November 1, 1925 Sunday Times of New Brunswick said more than one person made note of the appearance of the two men who had captained the teams involved in America’s first intercollegiate football game 56 years earlier.
96 Years Ago Today in Rutgers Football History
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and 92 years ago, the cover of life
And 11 days later, on November 6, 1925, wasn't @beaced born?
William Stryker Gummere - Wikipedia
In 1922, they asked Gummere to a Rutgers affair to honor William Leggett with his own Loving Cup. Gummere was going to present it to him. But Gummere couldn't make it at the last minute. The Cup currently resides at Rutgers and was displayed in town back in 2019 for ESPN's football broadcast honoring the 150th anniversary of the first game.
