Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1916 — MANY ATHLETES IN FAMILY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MANY ATHLETES IN FAMILY

Five Wilsons of Binghamton, N. Y., Scattered About Among Several Different Colleges. '..j? American college sport has had many noted groups of brothers who have attained fame in one foftn~of athletics or another besides the Poes of Princeton, the Joneses of Yale, and the Cutlers of Harvard. Now we must add the Wilsons of Binghamton, N. Y.; thus identified because no one college claims them—a family of athletes. There are five Wilsons —Tom, Alec, Marion, Kenneth and Donald. , “Tom” Wilson was guard at Lafayette one year and then played on the Princeton elevens in 1911 and 1912. During the past season he was line coach at Wisconsin, helping Bill Juneau. Alec Wilson, the next brother, was the 1915 captain and quarter-, back at Yale. Marion Wilson was one of the ends at Princeton, though not in the first string, and is said to be a wonder in receiving forward passes. Kenneth, the fourth brother, was on the scrub eleven at Exeter, and Don-

aid, the youngest, was a substitute end on the Binghamton Central High school eleven. Kenneth also rows on the Exeter crew. “Tom” Wilson is 6 feet in height and weighs 200 pounds; Alec is 6 feet 2 inches and weighs 196; Marion is 5 feet 11% inches and weighs 150; Kenneth is 5 feet 10% inches and weighs 160, and Donald is 5 feet 10% inches and weigh* 136, A rangy lot of brothers.

Capt. Alec Wilson.