Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1901 — Fatally Injured Playing Football. [ARTICLE]

Fatally Injured Playing Football.

Edwin Longenecker, 21 years old, quarterback on the football team of the Brown Preparatory school, Philadelphia, died in a hospital, as a result of injuries received in a game last Tueday. Longenecker, who was preparing to enter Cornell university, was thrown heavily and fractured his spinal column. He became paralyzed, and an operation was performed on him Friday.