Joseph Gilman (American football guard)

Joseph Gilman
Dartmouth Big Green
Position Guard
Career history
College Dartmouth (1904)
Personal information
Date of birth October 4, 1883
Place of birth Exeter, New Hampshire
Date of death September 25, 1933 (aged 49)
Place of death Newton, Massachusetts
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1904)

Joseph Taylor Gilman (October 4, 1883[1][2] – September 15, 1933) was an American football player. He played college football at Dartmouth College and was a consensus selection at the guard position on the 1904 College Football All-America Team.

Gilman was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1883. He attended preparatory school at Phillips Exeter Academy before enrolling at Dartmouth College.[3] While at Dartmouth, he played for the Dartmouth Big Green football team and was a consensus first-team selection for the 1904 College Football All-America Team.[4]

After graduating from Dartmouth, Gilman was the manager of Filene's Department Store in Boston.[1] He later became president and general manager of the Boston Garden. He was also president of the Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Corporation. He was married and had two daughters. In 1933, he underwent an operation at the Newton Hospital and died the following week at the age of 50.[3] He was buried at Exeter, New Hampshire.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 World War I draft registration card for Joseph Taylor Gilman, born October 4, 1883, living in W. Newton, Mass., employed as store manager at Filene's in Boston. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line].
  2. ↑ Birth record for Joseph Taylor Gilman, born 4 Oct 1883, at Exeter, New Hampshire. Father Edward H Gilman, mother Jennie L Crosby. Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Births and Christenings Index, 1714-1904 [database on-line].
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "J.T. Gilman Is Dead; A Former Athlete; General Manager of the Boston Garden Won Honors on Dartmouth Eleven". The New York Times. September 17, 1933.
  4. ↑ "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 4. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ "J. T. Gilman Rites Held at W. Newton: President of Boston Garden Buried at Exeter, N H". Daily Boston Globe. September 19, 1933. p. 17.