Description: Boys on the field during a little league football game, October 1968. A referee watches as an offensive player tries to push off a defender. The green jerseys read "Nicklaus Drugs," a small pharmacy chain owned and operated by Charlie Nicklaus, father of golfer Jack Nicklaus, around the Upper Arlington neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07643
Subjects: Sports; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Football; Football players; Football--Ohio--History; Sports--Ohio--History; Sports teams
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows eleven young men dressed in turtlenecks playing football in a field. They are lined up with an older man in a suit, perhaps a coach, standing behind them. The young man on the far left wears a soft helmet. Farm buildings and trees lie behind them. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). Kinley was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B01F01_54
Subjects: Football--Ohio--History; Sports--Ohio--History; Sports teams
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Hockey game at the State Fairgrounds. Columbus Checkers minor league hockey game at the Ohio Expo Fairgrounds Coliseum in March 1970. The Columbus Checkers hockey team was the first professional hockey team in Columbus, Ohio, and they formed in 1966 as a part of the International Hockey League (IHL). This photograph shows the team playing in their home stadium, the Ohio Expo Fairgrounds Coliseum. The team competed for four seasons, but attendance dropped in the second two seasons after head coach Ed "Moe" Bartoli left after a dispute with owners Jerry, Ray, and Larry Schmeltzer. The brothers tried to sell the team, but negotiations fell through and the team folded because of low attendance. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07640
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Ice hockey; Sports--Ohio--History; Sports
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: This is a team photograph of the Oorang Tribe football team with Jim Thorpe in the second row center, October 27, 1922. The team, a National Football League franchise, was sponsored and managed by Airedale terrier breeder Walter Lingo. All of the players were Native American. They were based in LaRue, Ohio, the location of Lingo's kennels. Thorpe served as the team coach and a celebrity spokesperson for Oorang Airedales, and played a few games. The team played two disappointing seasons in the NFL during the years 1922 and 1923. In 1922 their record was 5 wins and 8 losses; in 1923, 2 wins and 10 losses. Jim (James Francis) Thorpe was born in 1888 in Oklahoma to Hiram P. and Charlotte Thorpe. Both Hiram and Charlotte were of European and American Indian heritage and Jim was raised in the Sac and Fox tribes. In 1904 he was sent to a boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania for American Indian children. While at Carlisle he played multiple sports, including football, lacrosse, baseball, basketball, and track. He left Carlisle in 1909 and 1910 to play professional baseball with teams in Eastern Carolina League in North Carolina. He returned to Carlisle in 1911 for two successful football seasons. In both 1911 and 1912 he was an All-American halfback for football. In 1912 he became the only person to win gold medals in both the pentathlon and decathlon at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. His Olympic celebrity propelled him a three year contract playing professional baseball for the New York Giants. He also played baseball with the Boston Braves and Cincinnati Reds. However, it was as a professional football player that Thorpe was more successful and strongly tied to Ohio. He was associated with four professional or semi-professional football teams in Ohio as a player and coach: the Canton Bulldogs, the Cleveland Tigers, the Oorang Indians based in LaRue, and the Portsmouth Shoe-Steels. His greatest success was with the Canton Bulldogs, which he led to win national championships in 1915, 1916, 1917 and 1919. From 1922-1923 he was a player and coach for the Oorang Indians, a National Football League team comprised of all native players. The majority of the Oorang Indians team members, like Thorpe, had played at Carlisle. The team owner, Robert Lingo, used the team and Thorpes celebrity to advertise his Oorang Kennels Company, particularly his Airedale terriers. Thorpe played another season with the Bulldogs in 1926 and then went to Portsmouth as a player-coach for the semi-professional Portsmouth Shoe-Steels in 1927. This was Thorpes last athletic job. During the 1930s and 1940s he worked a variety of jobs until he died of a heart attack in 1953. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07881
Subjects: Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Football players; Football--Ohio--History; Sports teams
Places: LaRue (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two inmates identified as Bebic (left) and Johnson (right) engaged in a boxing match at the London Prison Farm in London, Ohio, ca. 1949 - 1955. A note written on the back of the photograph indicates that Johnson won the match. Sports were an important part of the educational and recreational program at the London Prison Farm and their athletic teams were successful. Construction of the London Prison Farm began in the early 1920s. At that time, the institution was a branch unit of the Ohio Penitentiary. With completion in 1925 of its main building, the London Prison Farm was established as a separate correctional institution. It is now known as the London Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04480
Subjects: Sports; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Prisoners; Prisons--Ohio
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Harding Stadium- nite. Steubenville, O. Miller and Son, 436 Market St. Steubenville, Ohio." This is a photograph of Steubenville High School's Harding Stadium at night in Steubenville, Ohio. Steubenville High School is commonly referred to by its mascot, "Big Red" and has a very successful football team. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F02_021_001
Subjects: High schools--Ohio; Football--Ohio--Steubenville; Football stadiums; School sports; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows a young man competing in the long jump, or broad jump, at a track meet in Sylvania, Ohio, in Lucas County. The crowd watches the jumper, in addition to a mascot in the background on the left. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F04_006_001
Subjects: Broad jump; Track and field; Recreation; Sports; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Sylvania (Ohio); Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "New York Relay- County Tract Meet- Sylvania." This photograph shows several girls competing in the New York relay during the Lucas County track meet in Sylvania, Ohio. There are girls catching the ball on one side of the net and a line of girls waiting on the other side. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F03_0019_001
Subjects: Sports for girls; Track and field; Recreation; Sports; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Sylvania (Ohio); Toledo (Ohio); Lucas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the Ohio State marching band performing a half time show for the fans, during the Ohio State University football game versus the University of Michigan in Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, November 1968. The two teams are long-time rivals and the game is a big draw for crowds each fall. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07632
Subjects: Sports; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Ohio State University Football History; Ohio State University--Athletics; Ohio State University--Football; Ohio State University--Sports--History; Marching bands
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of a baseball game at the London Prison Farm between the Hurricanes and the Angels, ca. 1949 - 1955. Sports were an important part of the educational and recreational program at the London Prison Farm and its athletic teams were successful. Construction of the London Prison Farm began in the early 1920s. At that time, the institution was a branch unit of the Ohio Penitentiary. With completion in 1925 of its main building, the London Prison Farm was established as a separate correctional institution. It is now known as the London Correctional Institution. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04485
Subjects: Sports; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Prisoners; Ohio History--State and Local Government--Corrections; Correctional institutions--Ohio
Places: London (Ohio); Madison County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph is most likely not Gladys E. Palmer, but was taken by her. Palmer was an athletic administrator at Ohio State University between 1922-1957. As Chairperson of the women's division of Physical Education at OSU, she established the first-ever Intercollegiate Golf Tournament for women. The tournament was held in 1941 at Ohio State's Scarlet Course. Caption reads: "Miss Gladys E. Palmer, 1776 King Ave. Columbus, Ohio, Class D, No. 88." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F11_016_001
Subjects: Golf; Golf--Ohio--History; Palmer, Gladys E.; College sports; Ohio State University; Women golfers--United States; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Inside view of Ohio Stadium (also known as the "Horseshoe" or the "Shoe" because of its unique horseshoe shape), the football stadium at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, ca. 1935-1943. Architect Howard Dwight Smith designed the plans for Ohio Stadium, earning him an award from the American Institute of Architects. Ohio Stadium was built in 1922 and is home to the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. The original stadium held 66,000 spectators. With renovations throughout the years, the stadium now has a seating capacity of 102,329. While in this image the south end of the stadium is open, in 2001 permanent stands were added to the south end closing the stadium off. This photograph is one of thousands collected for the Ohio Guide, part of the American Guide Series compiled by the Works Progress Administration from 1935-1942. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02888
Subjects: History of the Ohio State University; Stadiums; Ohio State Buckeyes (Football team); Ohio State University--Sports--History; United States. Works Progress Administration of Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)